Seer (unit) - India

India

British Indian
units of mass
Mughal Empire
1 maund = 40 seers
1 seer = 30 dams
1 dam = 5 tanks
1 tank = 3 mashas
1 masha = 8 ruttees
Bengal Presidency
1 maund = 8 passerees
1 passeree = 5 seers
1 seer = 16 chitaks
1 chitak = 5 tolas
1 tola = 12 mashas
1 masha = 8 rattis
1 ratti = 4 dhans
Bombay Presidency
1 candy = 20 maunds
1 maund = 40 seers
1 seer = 72 tanks
Madras Presidency
1 candy = 20 maunds
1 maund = 8 vis
1 vis = 5 seers
1 seer = 8 pollums
1 pollum = 10 pagodas

In India, the seer (Government seer) was defined by the Standards of Weights and Measures Act (No. 89 of 1956, amended in 1960 and 1964) as being exactly equal to 0.93310 kg (2.057131 lb). However there were many local variants of the seer in India.

Bengal 80 tolas of rice
South India mass of 24 current rupees
Chennai (formerly Madras) approx 25 lb (9.33 kg)
Juggerat mass of 40 local rupees
Mumbai (formerly Bombay) 28 lb (10.45 kg) called the Old Seer

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