In India, ? – present, a unit of length, in concept a finger's breadth, or 8 barleycorns laid end to end. Under Akbar the Great, late 16th century, 2.67 centimeters. 
. Reported in 1836, 2.07 cm: Also romanized (19th century) as ungoola.
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Angula, vernacularly, Angul, S[anskrit]. &c. (from अङ्गुलि, a finger) A linear measure ; eight barleycorns make an Angula, and twelve Angulas a span ; a finger's breadth.
H. H. Wilson, 1855, page 26.
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