In India, ? – 19ᵗʰ century,
Kumbha, S[anskrit]. () A water-jar : the sign Aquarius : a measure of grain equal to twenty droṇas, or little more than three bushels and three gallons : in Guzerat it is a land measure, a square of ten banas or ganthas on each side = 3 roods 33.422 perches, or 4641 square yards.
H. H. Wilson, 1855, page 301.
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