kharwar

The system of weight used by ordinary consumers in retail settings, in at least Jalalabad and Laghman, worked with 1 charak equal to 16 khurds, 4 charaks equal to 1 seer or dhari, 8 seers equal to 1 maund, 10 maunds equal to 1 kharwar.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

One ordinary Kabuli seer equaled 7 seers 13.5 chittacks British Indian standard weight, and therefore one ordinary Kabuli kharwar equaled 15 maunds 27 seers and 8 chittacks British Indian standard weight.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

One official Kabuli maund equaled 4 seers and 14.5 chittacks British Indian standard weight, and a tabrizi kharwar equaled 12 maunds, 10 seers, and 10 chittacks British Indian standard weight. back

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

In the official tabrizi state weight scheme 2.5 chittacks equaled 1 maund and 100 maunds equaled one kharwar.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008