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• Published Subscription 19 Jul 2022

  Units of Length In 17th–18th Century Bengal Temples: Context Bishnupur

  By Peu Banerjee

  Abstract: Shubhankari is an almost-forgotten mathematical treatise of Bengal that was widely used in the pre-colonial era. It consists of verses, called arjyas, which deal with everyday computations like weights and measures, land measurement and so on. The arjyas list various units of length measures, like the angula (finger), muth (fist), hath (hand) and the relation among these units. The same types of units have been found in Monu Mistiri’s handbook …

  Published in International Journal of Architectural Heritage · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 7–19 Read article →