Bigga (unit)

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The (the) Bigga , also Biggah , was an East Indian unit of area and field measure and was valid in the Calcutta area and in Bengal .

  • 1 bigga = 1358 square meters
  • 1 Bigga = 20 Cottas = 80 Pahahs = 320 Chattacks = 6400 Square Hauts (Hauts / Cubits = 0.45719 meters ) = 13.37755 Ar
  • 1 chattack was calculated with 5 covits length times 4 covits width
  • 40 Bigga = 1 Cawney

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. BG Teubner, Leipzig 1855, p. 294.
  2. ↑ Wilhelm Hoffmann: General encyclopedia for merchants, manufacturers, business people, or a complete dictionary on trade, factories, manufactories, arts, etc. Business. Verlag Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1848, p. 207, p. 130
  3. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 21