The History of Bengal (Vol. I: Hindu Period; Vol. II: Muslim Period 1200–1757) v1.c19.s6.9

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¹ The only information we get in contemporary inscriptions is that 12 angulas (digits) were equivalent to 1 cubit, and 32 cubits were equivalent to 1 unmāna (Sundarban Plate of Lakshmaṇasena). The relationship of unmāna with āḍhaka is not clear, but most ancient texts agree that 4 āḍhakas or āḍhavāpas were equivalent to 1 droṇa [Cf. L. D. Barnett, Antiquities of India, p. 208; Kautilya's Arthaśāstra, tr. by R. Shamasastri (1923), p. 126], and this is supported by the Pāhārpur Plate, where 2½ droṇavāpas (l. 9) are again referred to as 2 droṇavāpas and 2 āḍhavāpas (l. 15).