What type of weights and measures were used by the Harappans?
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The history of measurement systems in India begins in early Indus Valley Civilisation with the earliest surviving samples dated to the 5th millennium BCE.[1] Since early times the adoption of standard weights and measures has reflected in the country's architectural, folk, and metallurgical artifacts.[1] A complex system of weights and measures was adopted by the Maurya empire (322–185 BCE), which also formulated regulations for the usage of this system.[2] Later, the Mughal empire (1526–1857) used standard measures to determine land holdings and collect land tax as a part of Mughal land reforms.[3] The formal metrication in India is dated to 1 October 1958 when the Indian Government adopted the International System of Units (SI).[4]
Early history
Post Maha Janapadas period—High Middle Ages (400 BCE–1200 CE)
Late Middle Ages—Republic of India (1200 CE–1947 CE onwards)
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