Gunschah

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Gunschah , also Gundschah , was an East Indian volume and grain measure in Aceh , an Indonesian province on the northwest tip of the island of Sumatra .

  • 1 gunschah = 8 nelli = 64 bamboos = 256 choa = 116.759 grams (for rice)
  • 10 gunschah = 1 coyan

literature

  • Joseph Johann von Littrow , Carl Ludwig von Littrow : JJ v. Litrow's comparison of the most excellent measures, weights and coins with those used in the Austrian imperial state. Beck, 1844.
  • Association of scholars and practical merchants: trade lexicon or encyclopedia of all trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 1, Verlag Schäfer, Leipzig 1850.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 121.