Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c41.s12.3

v2.c41.s12.3

Similarly, length, area and volume or space (desa) were standardised (2.20.1-27). Time (kala) was standardised in terms of the solar shadow (of the gnomon), and for the night and a cloudy day, by the water-clock or nalika (1.7.8; 1.19.6). A nalika was defined as the time taken for one adhaka of water in a jar to flow through a hole of diameter equalling that of a four masaka weight gold wire having a length of four angulas (2.20.35).