Roik
Roik was an East Indian measure of weight and applied to grain and especially rice in Bengal . This measure corresponded to an almane , which was used for saffron .
- 1 roik = 4 kunkes = 20 chattaks = 1126 ⅔ grams
- 4 roiks = 1 pallie
- 32 roiks = 1 maon
- 80 Roiks = 1 Soallie
- 1280 Roiks = 1 Kahun
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 280.
- Joseph Johann von Littrow, Carl Ludwig von Littrow: JJ v. Littrow's Comparison of the Most Excellent Measures, Weights, and Coins. Beck, 1844, p. 63.