Hath

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Hath, Hasta, Etto, was an Indian measure of length. It was different in the regions from the smaller dimensions.

Bengal
  • 1 Hath = 2 Big hats = 24 Angullis / Unguelles = 72 Corbes = 0.45719 meters
Bombay
  • 1 Hath = 16 Tussohs = 0.45719 meters
British India (East India)
  • 1 hath = 12 spans = 144 doigts = 0.5197 meters

Note: Not identical to the Turkish measure of length hat for line.

literature

  • Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights: a lexicon . Licensed edition of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 37,120,329 .