Dain (unit)
Dain was an Indian measure of length and corresponded to the mile in Pegu and Ava , regions in what is now Myanmar . The Reichselle Sadang as a smaller measure was a variable unit, since every ruler always made a new determination. At the beginning of the 19th century was
- 1 Sadang = 248 Parisian lines = 559.44 millimeters (= 5/9 meters = 0.5555 meters )
- 1 Dain = 1000 Dhan / Bamboo = 7000 Sadang (Reichselle) = about 3890 meters
literature
- Jurende's patriotic pilgrims: business and entertainment book for all provinces of the Austrian imperial state: consecrated to all friends of culture from the teaching, military and nutritional class, especially to all nature and fatherland friends. Volume 21, Winiker, Brünn 1834, p. 512
- Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 54
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 289