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Time was measured by nalika or the shadow of a gnomon (sankucchāyd).294
Tula (balance) is mentioned. Wrong weights and measures (küdalulla, küdamāna) were in use. 135
184 Das cū. 1, p. 44 ; Brh. Bhā Pi, 261. According to the Arthasāstra (p 119) nālsha is the time during which one adhaka of water passes out of a pot though an aperture of the same diameter as that of a wire of four aigulas in length and made of four māshas of gold
125 Uva 1, p 10.
