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in South. Officially, seer was defined by the
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a seer was approximately 0.93310 kg (2.057 lb) derived from the
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492:Equivalent to Kilogram
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71:Afghanistan
41:A standard
684:Categories
609:2007-02-19
594:References
558:The seer (
633:standards
576:Sri Lanka
570:Sri Lanka
420:Telangana
188:passerees
582:See also
517:Pakistan
481:Old Seer
438:of rice
194:passeree
465:Gujarat
454:Chennai
372:pagodas
362:pollums
208:chitaks
161:ruttees
600:"Seer"
523:days.
515:, and
475:Mumbai
430:Bengal
368:pollum
332:maunds
280:maunds
238:rattis
228:mashas
214:chitak
151:mashas
61:(also
47:Almora
635:- or
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604:Sizes
513:Nepal
436:tolas
370:= 10
352:seers
338:maund
330:= 20
328:candy
300:tanks
298:= 72
290:seers
288:= 40
286:maund
278:= 20
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248:dhans
244:ratti
234:masha
226:= 12
218:tolas
206:= 16
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129:= 30
121:seers
119:= 40
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93:India
87:India
79:India
51:India
45:from
641:stub
560:sihr
551:The
545:Iran
509:Oman
505:Aden
360:= 8
358:seer
350:= 5
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224:tola
216:= 5
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159:= 8
149:= 3
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131:dams
127:seer
83:Iran
75:Iran
67:Asia
63:sihr
59:Seer
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