bamboo

1

In Burma, before 19ᵗʰ – 20ᵗʰ century ¹, a unit of length, approximately 3.912 meters (approximately 154 inches). opens a new page containing a chart that shows relationships between this unit and other units in its system Also known as dha or ta². One bamboo = 1/1000 dain = 7 saundaungs.3

1. United Nations, 1966.

2. Simmonds, 1892, page 369. Simmonds states “20 tas make one okthaba of 70 feet,” but 70 yards is intended. Simmonds takes the ta at 3½ yards; Nelkenbrecher (1890, page 723) at 3.3959 meters.

3. Doursther, page 45.

sources

1

a ta, a measure of length equal to 7 cubits (), the short ta measuring 4 cubits and the long ta 12 cubits;

Robert C. Stevenson.
Judson's Burmese-English Dictionary. Revised and Enlarged.
Rangoon: Printed by the Superintendent, Government Printing, 1893.
Page 49.

2

To measure with a ta, a measure of length equal to 7 cubits (some tas are 8 cubits). In measuring distances along a road or highway, the seven cubit ta was the standard; in measuring ditches or drains, the eight cubit ta.

Robert C. Stevenson.
Judson's Burmese-English Dictionary. Revised and Enlarged.
Rangoon: Printed by the Superintendent, Government Printing, 1893.
Page 513.

2

In India, a unit of length, in the reforms of Akbar the Great (ruled 1556 – 1605) about 12.8 meters. opens a new page containing a chart that shows relationships between this unit and other units in its system

Doursther, page 45.

3

A unit of mass and capacity in many areas around the Indian Ocean. Doursther attempted to convert from mass to capacity at a rate of 75 kg per 100 liters:

In Sumatra, “bamboo” was another name for the koolah or culah.

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