ICSE Class 9 History & Civics Question 8 of 18

The Harappan Civilisation — Question 13

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Question 13

What types of weights and measures did the Indus people use ?

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The Indus people used a set of cubical stone weights. The basic unit was 16 (equal to 14 grams). Larger weights were multiples of 16 like 32, 48, 64, 128 and so on. The smaller ones were all fractions of 16.