Kandil (unit)
The Kandil , also known as a bar , was a measure of weight in various East Indian regions. Despite different dimensional chains, the weight was pretty uniform.
In Masulipatam was the dimensional chain
- 1 Kandil = 20 Mons = 160 Bises = 800 Seyras = 12,000 Neves = 18,000 Daboas = 500 pounds Engl. Avoirdupois
- 1 Kandil = 200 cattis and the dimensional chain
- 1 catti = 20 boncals = 100 taels = 280 pagodas = 320 mayons = 1,600 mas = 6,400 cupangs
In the Madras presidency was the dimensional chain
- 1 Kandil = 20 Mauns = 160 Bises / Vis = 800 Seyras = 6400 Palims = 64,000 pagodas = 500 pounds engl. Avoirdupois
In coromandel was the dimensional chain
- 1 Kandil = 20 Mons = 32 ½ Tolons = 65 Tarys = 130 Tukos = 162 ½ Bis = 800 Seyras = 65 Paloins = 65,000 pagodas = 480 pounds (French) = 500 pounds English. Avoirdupois
literature
- Johann Michael Leuchs: The office science 3rd part: The complete money, coin, measure and weight. Verlag E. Leuchs and Komp., Nuremberg 1834, p. 134.
- Samuel Ricard, Thomas Heinrich Gadebusch: Handbook of the merchants: or general overview and description. Volume 2, Verlag Anton Ferdinand Röse, Greifswald 1784, pp. 43, 102, 170, 200, 212.