[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935) › c8.26 # Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c8.26 Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c8.26 - **Language:** English ### [c8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.26) The Indian yard has had a very chequered history. Many different measures of a yard were in use which differed from one locality to another and even for various commodities. Sultan Sikandar Lodi introduced a uniform measure of yard (\*gaz\*) for official calculation which works out (with the addition of ¼th of an inch) at 30 inches of the present measure.³ So that our present yard stands in a ratio of 6 : 5 for purposes of rough calculation. - [Previous: c8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.25) - [Next: c8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.27) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.26) · Pramāṇa