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India under Akbar the Great (ruled 1556 – 1605)
units of capacity

																		khari
																	súrpa	2
																drona	2	4
															a'dhaka	4	8	16
													prastha		4	16	32	64
													mánika	2	8	32	64	128
						(capacity of two palms held together) anjali							2	4	16	64	128	256
							(capacity of a single palm) palm					2	4	8	32	128	256	512
										pal	2	4	8	16	64	256	512	1024
									sukti	2	4	8	16	32	128	512	1024	2048
								tólchah	2	4	8	16	32	64	256	1024	2048	4096
							kaul	2	4	8	16	32	64	128	512	2048	4096	8192
						tank	2	4	8	16	32	64	128	256	1024	4096	8192	16,384
				mashah		4	8	16	32	64	128	256	512	1024	4096	16,384	32,768	65,536
(A. precatorius seed) surkh					6	24	48	96	192	384	768	1536	3072	6144	24,576	98,304	196,608	393,216
	barley corn			4	24	96	192	384	768	1536	3072	6144	12,288	24,576	98,304	393,216	786,432	1,572,864
sarshaf			8	32	192	768	1536	3072	6144	12,288	24,576	49,152	98,304	196,608	786,432	3,145,728	6,291,456	12,582,912
	khardal	3	24	96	576	2304	4608	9216	18,432	36,864	73,728	147,456	294,912	589,824	2,359,296	9,437,184	18,874,368	37,748,736
marichi	6	18	144	576	3456	13,824	27,648	55,296	110,592	221,184	442,368	884,736	1,769,472	3,538,944	14,155,776	56,623,104	113,246,208	226.492,416

Abul Fazl-i-Alámí.
H. S. Jarrett, trans.
The Ain i Akbari. Vol. 3 (Books IV and V)
Calcutta: Baptist Missionary Press, 1894.

Page 123. Written in the 16th century by Akbar's vizier.