Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c8.23

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c8.23

4. Measures of distance.—The popular measure of distance was the Kroh (what is now a Kos). This term was univer sally used until the time of Akbar. We may count a *Kroh* as roughly two miles of our present reckoning.¹ The *Kroh* was subdivided into three stages or *Dhawas* for the convenience of administrative calculations for the postal runners and the movement of troops, etc.²

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