Panja

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The panja was a measure of volume and grain in Mozambique and was considered an inch measure. The measure was the little sack. It was used for grain , rice and seeds and was valid from 1860.

literature

  • R. Klimpert: Lexicon of coins, measures, weights, counting methods and time values. Verlag C. Regenhardt, Berlin 1896, p. 262.
  • Friedrich Noback : The coin, measure and weight book: the money, measure and weight system, the exchange and monetary rates, the exchange law and the customs; with an appendix in tabular form: overview of gold and silver coins according to coinage ratios and value. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1877, p. 623.