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	The '''tola''' ({{~~lang-~~hi\|तोला}}; {{~~lang-~~ur\|تولا}} ~~''tolā'')~~ also transliterated as '''tolah''' or '''tole''', is a traditional ~~[[Ancient Indian]] and~~ [[South Asian]] [[Physical unit\|unit]] of [[mass]], now standardised as 180 [[~~troy weight~~\|~~troy~~ grains]] ({{nowrap\|11.~~663 8038~~ [[gram]]s}}) or exactly 3/8 [[troy ounce]]. It was the base unit of mass in the [[Presidencies and provinces of British India\|British Indian]] system of weights and measures introduced in 1833, although it had been in use for much longer.<ref name="Prinsep">{{citation \| author = Prinsep, James \| year = 1840 \| title = Useful tables, forming an appendix to the Journal of the Asiatic Society: part the first, Coins, weights, and measures of British India \| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LTYGAAAAQAAJ \| edition = 2nd \| location = Calcutta \| publisher = Bishop's College Press \| pages = 65–74, 79–90}}.</ref> It was also used in [[Aden]] and [[Zanzibar]]: in the latter, one tola was equivalent to 175.90 troy grains (0.97722222 British tolas, or 11.33980925 grams).<ref>{{citation \| title = tola \| url = http://www.sizes.com/units/tola.htm \| publisher = Sizes, Inc.}}</ref>		The '''tola''' ({{langx\|hi\|तोला}} / {{langx\|ur\|تولا\|tolā\|translit-std=ISO}}; also transliterated as '''tolah''' or '''tole''') is a traditional [[South Asian]] [[Physical unit\|unit]] of [[mass]], now standardised as 180 [[grain (unit)\|grains]] ({{nowrap\|11.6638038 [[gram]]s}}) or exactly {{frac\|3\|8}} [[troy ounce]]. It was the base unit of mass in the [[Presidencies and provinces of British India\|British Indian]] system of weights and measures introduced in 1833, although it had been in use for much longer.<ref name="Prinsep">{{citation \| author = Prinsep, James \| year = 1840 \| title = Useful tables, forming an appendix to the Journal of the Asiatic Society: part the first, Coins, weights, and measures of British India \| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LTYGAAAAQAAJ \| edition = 2nd \| location = Calcutta \| publisher = Bishop's College Press \| pages = 65–74, 79–90}}.</ref> It was also used in [[Aden]] and [[Zanzibar]]: in the latter, one tola was equivalent to 175.90 troy grains (0.97722222 British tolas, or 11.33980925 grams).<ref>{{citation \| title = tola \| url = http://www.sizes.com/units/tola.htm \| publisher = Sizes, Inc.}}</ref>

	The tola is a [[Vedic period\|Vedic]] measure, with the name derived from the [[Sanskrit]] ~~''tol''~~ (~~तोलः~~ root तुल्) meaning "weighing" or "weight".<ref>{{citation \| last = Platts \| first = John T. \| year = 1884 \| title = A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English \| url = https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/contextualize.pl?p.2.platts.1806931 \| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120527071003/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/contextualize.pl?p.2.platts.1806931 \| url-status = dead \| archive-date = 2012-05-27 \| location = London \| publisher = W. H. Allen & Co. \| page = 344 }}.</ref> One tola was traditionally the weight of 100 [[~~ratti~~]] (ruttee) seeds,<ref name="seed">[[Robert Montgomery Martin\|Martin, Robert Montgomery]]. ''Statistics of the colonies of the British empire'', London: W.H. Allen and Co., 1839, p. 143.</ref> and its exact weight varied according to locality. However, it is also a convenient mass for a coin: several pre-colonial coins, including the currency of [[Akbar the Great]] (1556–1605), had a mass of "one tola" within slight variation.<ref name="Prinsep" /><ref>Prinsep (1840), pp. 45–53.</ref> The ~~very~~ first [[rupee]] ({{~~lang-~~ur\|رپيا}}; ''rupayā''), minted by [[Sher Shah Suri]] (1540–45), had a mass of 178 troy grains, or about 1% less than the British tola.<ref>{{citation \| url = http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html \| title = Mughal Coinage \| publisher = [[RBI Monetary Museum]] \| accessdate = 2008-05-04 \| url-status = dead \| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516085855/http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html \| archivedate = 2008-05-16 }}.</ref> The [[British East India Company]] issued a [[silver]] rupee coin of 180 troy grains, and this became the practical standard mass for the tola well into the 20th century.<ref name="Silb2">{{citation \| author = Silberrad, C. A. \| year = 1922 \| title = New Weights and Measures for India \| bibcode = 1922Natur.110Q.735S \| journal = [[Nature (journal)\|Nature]] \| volume = 110 \| issue = 2770 \| page = 735 \| doi = 10.1038/110735a0\| s2cid = 4136423 \| url = https://zenodo.org/record/1429668 }}</ref>		The tola is a [[Vedic period\|Vedic]] measure, with the name derived from the [[Sanskrit]] {{lang\|sa\|तोलः}} {{IAST\|tolaḥ}} (from the root {{lang\|sa\|तुल्}} {{IAST\|tul}}) meaning "weighing" or "weight".<ref>{{citation \| last = Platts \| first = John T. \| year = 1884 \| title = A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English \| url = https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/contextualize.pl?p.2.platts.1806931 \| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120527071003/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/contextualize.pl?p.2.platts.1806931 \| url-status = dead \| archive-date = 2012-05-27 \| location = London \| publisher = W. H. Allen & Co. \| page = 344 }}.</ref> One tola was traditionally the weight of 100 [[Ratti (unit)\|Ratti]] (ruttee) seeds,<ref name="seed">[[Robert Montgomery Martin\|Martin, Robert Montgomery]]. ''Statistics of the colonies of the British empire'', London: W.H. Allen and Co., 1839, p. 143.</ref> and its exact weight varied according to locality. However, it is also a convenient mass for a coin: several pre-colonial coins, including the currency of [[Akbar]] the Great (1556–1605), had a mass of "one tola" within slight variation.<ref name="Prinsep" /><ref>Prinsep (1840), pp. 45–53.</ref> The first [[rupee]] ({{langx\|ur\|رپيا}}; ''rupayā''), minted by [[Sher Shah Suri]] (1540–45), had a mass of 178 troy grains, or about 1% less than the British tola.<ref>{{citation \| url = http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html \| title = Mughal Coinage \| publisher = [[RBI Monetary Museum]] \| accessdate = 2008-05-04 \| url-status = dead \| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516085855/http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html \| archivedate = 2008-05-16 }}.</ref> The [[British East India Company]] issued a [[silver]] rupee coin of 180 troy grains, and this became the practical standard mass for the tola well into the 20th century.<ref name="Silb2">{{citation \| author = Silberrad, C. A. \| year = 1922 \| title = New Weights and Measures for India \| bibcode = 1922Natur.110Q.735S \| journal = [[Nature (journal)\|Nature]] \| volume = 110 \| issue = 2770 \| page = 735 \| doi = 10.1038/110735a0\| s2cid = 4136423 \| url = https://zenodo.org/record/1429668 \| doi-access = free }}</ref>
	[[File:20180507 12471p.jpg\|thumb\|A set of tolas]]		[[File:20180507 12471p.jpg\|thumb\|A set of tolas]]
	The British tola of 180 troy grains (from 1833) can be seen as more of a standardisation than a redefinition: the previous standard in the [[Bengal Presidency]], the system of "sicca weights", was the mass of one [[Murshidabad]] rupee, 179.666 troy grains.<ref name="Prinsep" /> For the larger weights used in commerce (in the Bengal Presidency), the variation in the pre-1833 standards was found to be greater than the adjustment.<ref name="Prinsep" />		The British tola of 180 troy grains (from 1833) can be seen as more of a standardisation than a redefinition: the previous standard in the [[Bengal Presidency]], the system of "sicca weights", was the mass of one [[Murshidabad]] rupee, 179.666 troy grains.<ref name="Prinsep" /> For the larger weights used in commerce (in the Bengal Presidency), the variation in the pre-1833 standards was found to be greater than the adjustment.<ref name="Prinsep" />
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	}}</ref> In Nepal, minting of tola size gold coins continue up to the present, even though the currency of Nepal is called rupee and has no official connection to the tola. It is also used in most gold markets (bazars/souks) in the [[United Arab Emirates]] and in all the [[Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf]] (GCC) countries.		}}</ref> In Nepal, minting of tola size gold coins continue up to the present, even though the currency of Nepal is called rupee and has no official connection to the tola. It is also used in most gold markets (bazars/souks) in the [[United Arab Emirates]] and in all the [[Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf]] (GCC) countries.

	Tola is still used as a measure of ''[[Charas#~~Local cultivation~~\|charas]]'' (Indian [[hashish]]).<ref>{{cite journal		Tola is still used as a measure of ''[[Charas#Cultivation and manufacture\|charas]]'' (Indian [[hashish]]).<ref>{{cite journal
	\| author = David Hooper, F.C.S., F.L.S.		\| author = David Hooper, F.C.S., F.L.S.
	\| title = Charas of Indian Hemp		\| title = Charas of Indian Hemp
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	\| page = 347		\| page = 347
	\| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=d5whAQAAMAAJ&q=tola+charas&pg=PA347		\| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=d5whAQAAMAAJ&q=tola+charas&pg=PA347
	}}</ref> On the black market, however, one tola equals a mass of ~~~10g~~ and not the actual mass of one tola.		}}</ref> On the black market, however, one tola equals a mass of approximately {{convert\|10\|g\|abbr=on}} and not the actual mass of one tola.

	==See also==		==See also==
			*[[Bhori]]
	*[[Troy ounce]]		*[[Troy ounce]]

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	The '''tola''' ({{lang-hi\|तोला}}; {{lang-ur\|تولا}} ''tolā'') also transliterated as '''tolah''' or '''tole''', is a traditional [[Ancient Indian]] and [[South Asian]] [[Physical unit\|unit]] of [[mass]], now standardised as 180 [[troy weight\|troy grains]] ({{nowrap\|11.663 8038 [[gram]]s}}) or exactly 3/8 [[troy ounce]]. It was the base unit of mass in the [[Presidencies and provinces of British India\|British Indian]] system of weights and measures introduced in 1833, although it had been in use for much longer.<ref name="Prinsep">{{citation \| author = Prinsep, James \| year = 1840 \| title = Useful tables, forming an appendix to the Journal of the Asiatic Society: part the first, Coins, weights, and measures of British India \| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LTYGAAAAQAAJ \| edition = 2nd \| location = Calcutta \| publisher = Bishop's College Press \| pages = 65–74, 79–90}}.</ref> It was also used in [[Aden]] and [[Zanzibar]]: in the latter, one tola was equivalent to 175.90 troy grains (0.97722222 British tolas, or 11.33980925 grams).<ref>{{citation \| title = tola \| url = http://www.sizes.com/units/tola.htm \| publisher = Sizes, Inc.}}</ref>		The '''tola''' ({{lang-hi\|तोला}}; {{lang-ur\|تولا}} ''tolā'') also transliterated as '''tolah''' or '''tole''', is a traditional [[Ancient Indian]] and [[South Asian]] [[Physical unit\|unit]] of [[mass]], now standardised as 180 [[troy weight\|troy grains]] ({{nowrap\|11.663 8038 [[gram]]s}}) or exactly 3/8 [[troy ounce]]. It was the base unit of mass in the [[Presidencies and provinces of British India\|British Indian]] system of weights and measures introduced in 1833, although it had been in use for much longer.<ref name="Prinsep">{{citation \| author = Prinsep, James \| year = 1840 \| title = Useful tables, forming an appendix to the Journal of the Asiatic Society: part the first, Coins, weights, and measures of British India \| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LTYGAAAAQAAJ \| edition = 2nd \| location = Calcutta \| publisher = Bishop's College Press \| pages = 65–74, 79–90}}.</ref> It was also used in [[Aden]] and [[Zanzibar]]: in the latter, one tola was equivalent to 175.90 troy grains (0.97722222 British tolas, or 11.33980925 grams).<ref>{{citation \| title = tola \| url = http://www.sizes.com/units/tola.htm \| publisher = Sizes, Inc.}}</ref>

	The tola is a [[Vedic period\|Vedic]] measure, with the name derived from the [[Sanskrit]] ''tol'' (तोलः root तुल्) meaning "weighing" or "weight".<ref>{{citation \| last = Platts \| first = John T. \| year = 1884 \| title = A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English \| url = https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/contextualize.pl?p.2.platts.1806931 \| archive-url = https://archive.is/20120527071003/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/contextualize.pl?p.2.platts.1806931 \| url-status = dead \| archive-date = 2012-05-27 \| location = London \| publisher = W. H. Allen & Co. \| page = 344 }}.</ref> One tola was traditionally the weight of 100 [[ratti]] (ruttee) seeds,<ref name="seed">[[Robert Montgomery Martin\|Martin, Robert Montgomery]]. ''Statistics of the colonies of the British empire'', London: W.H. Allen and Co., 1839, p. 143.</ref> and its exact weight varied according to locality. However, it is also a convenient mass for a coin: several pre-colonial coins, including the currency of [[Akbar the Great]] (1556–1605), had a mass of "one tola" within slight variation.<ref name="Prinsep" /><ref>Prinsep (1840), pp. 45–53.</ref> The very first [[rupee]] ({{lang-ur\|رپيا}}; ''rupayā''), minted by [[Sher Shah Suri]] (1540–45), had a mass of 178 troy grains, or about 1% less than the British tola.<ref>{{citation \| url = http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html \| title = Mughal Coinage \| publisher = [[RBI Monetary Museum]] \| accessdate = 2008-05-04 \| url-status = dead \| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516085855/http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html \| archivedate = 2008-05-16 }}.</ref> The [[British East India Company]] issued a [[silver]] rupee coin of 180 troy grains, and this became the practical standard mass for the tola well into the 20th century.<ref name="Silb2">{{citation \| author = Silberrad, C. A. \| year = 1922 \| title = New Weights and Measures for India \| bibcode = 1922Natur.110Q.735S \| journal = [[Nature (journal)\|Nature]] \| volume = 110 \| issue = 2770 \| page = 735 \| doi = 10.1038/110735a0\| s2cid = 4136423 \| url = https://zenodo.org/record/1429668 }}</ref>		The tola is a [[Vedic period\|Vedic]] measure, with the name derived from the [[Sanskrit]] ''tol'' (तोलः root तुल्) meaning "weighing" or "weight".<ref>{{citation \| last = Platts \| first = John T. \| year = 1884 \| title = A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English \| url = https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/contextualize.pl?p.2.platts.1806931 \| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120527071003/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/contextualize.pl?p.2.platts.1806931 \| url-status = dead \| archive-date = 2012-05-27 \| location = London \| publisher = W. H. Allen & Co. \| page = 344 }}.</ref> One tola was traditionally the weight of 100 [[ratti]] (ruttee) seeds,<ref name="seed">[[Robert Montgomery Martin\|Martin, Robert Montgomery]]. ''Statistics of the colonies of the British empire'', London: W.H. Allen and Co., 1839, p. 143.</ref> and its exact weight varied according to locality. However, it is also a convenient mass for a coin: several pre-colonial coins, including the currency of [[Akbar the Great]] (1556–1605), had a mass of "one tola" within slight variation.<ref name="Prinsep" /><ref>Prinsep (1840), pp. 45–53.</ref> The very first [[rupee]] ({{lang-ur\|رپيا}}; ''rupayā''), minted by [[Sher Shah Suri]] (1540–45), had a mass of 178 troy grains, or about 1% less than the British tola.<ref>{{citation \| url = http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html \| title = Mughal Coinage \| publisher = [[RBI Monetary Museum]] \| accessdate = 2008-05-04 \| url-status = dead \| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516085855/http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html \| archivedate = 2008-05-16 }}.</ref> The [[British East India Company]] issued a [[silver]] rupee coin of 180 troy grains, and this became the practical standard mass for the tola well into the 20th century.<ref name="Silb2">{{citation \| author = Silberrad, C. A. \| year = 1922 \| title = New Weights and Measures for India \| bibcode = 1922Natur.110Q.735S \| journal = [[Nature (journal)\|Nature]] \| volume = 110 \| issue = 2770 \| page = 735 \| doi = 10.1038/110735a0\| s2cid = 4136423 \| url = https://zenodo.org/record/1429668 }}</ref>
	[[File:20180507 12471p.jpg\|thumb\|A set of tolas]]		[[File:20180507 12471p.jpg\|thumb\|A set of tolas]]
	The British tola of 180 troy grains (from 1833) can be seen as more of a standardisation than a redefinition: the previous standard in the [[Bengal Presidency]], the system of "sicca weights", was the mass of one [[Murshidabad]] rupee, 179.666 troy grains.<ref name="Prinsep" /> For the larger weights used in commerce (in the Bengal Presidency), the variation in the pre-1833 standards was found to be greater than the adjustment.<ref name="Prinsep" />		The British tola of 180 troy grains (from 1833) can be seen as more of a standardisation than a redefinition: the previous standard in the [[Bengal Presidency]], the system of "sicca weights", was the mass of one [[Murshidabad]] rupee, 179.666 troy grains.<ref name="Prinsep" /> For the larger weights used in commerce (in the Bengal Presidency), the variation in the pre-1833 standards was found to be greater than the adjustment.<ref name="Prinsep" />

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{{short description|Traditional Asian unit of mass}}
{{Other uses|Tola (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Silver Rupee Madras Presidency.JPG|thumb|Silver rupee coins, issued by the British East India Company, were a practical standard for the tola.]]
[[File:Tola.JPG|thumb|upright|400 tolas]]
{{British Indian units of mass}}
The '''tola''' ({{lang-hi|तोला}}; {{lang-ur|تولا}} ''tolā'') also transliterated as '''tolah''' or '''tole''', is a traditional [[Ancient Indian]] and [[South Asian]] [[Physical unit|unit]] of [[mass]], now standardised as 180 [[troy weight|troy grains]] ({{nowrap|11.663 8038 [[gram]]s}}) or exactly 3/8 [[troy ounce]]. It was the base unit of mass in the [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British Indian]] system of weights and measures introduced in 1833, although it had been in use for much longer.<ref name="Prinsep">{{citation | author = Prinsep, James | year = 1840 | title = Useful tables, forming an appendix to the Journal of the Asiatic Society: part the first, Coins, weights, and measures of British India | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LTYGAAAAQAAJ | edition = 2nd | location = Calcutta | publisher = Bishop's College Press | pages = 65–74, 79–90}}.</ref> It was also used in [[Aden]] and [[Zanzibar]]: in the latter, one tola was equivalent to 175.90 troy grains (0.97722222 British tolas, or 11.33980925 grams).<ref>{{citation | title = tola | url = http://www.sizes.com/units/tola.htm | publisher = Sizes, Inc.}}</ref>

The tola is a [[Vedic period|Vedic]] measure, with the name derived from the [[Sanskrit]] ''tol'' (तोलः root तुल्) meaning "weighing" or "weight".<ref>{{citation | last = Platts | first = John T. | year = 1884 | title = A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English | url = https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/contextualize.pl?p.2.platts.1806931 | archive-url = https://archive.is/20120527071003/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/contextualize.pl?p.2.platts.1806931 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2012-05-27 | location = London | publisher = W. H. Allen & Co. | page = 344 }}.</ref> One tola was traditionally the weight of 100 [[ratti]] (ruttee) seeds,<ref name="seed">[[Robert Montgomery Martin|Martin, Robert Montgomery]]. ''Statistics of the colonies of the British empire'', London: W.H. Allen and Co., 1839, p. 143.</ref> and its exact weight varied according to locality. However, it is also a convenient mass for a coin: several pre-colonial coins, including the currency of [[Akbar the Great]] (1556–1605), had a mass of "one tola" within slight variation.<ref name="Prinsep" /><ref>Prinsep (1840), pp. 45–53.</ref> The very first [[rupee]] ({{lang-ur|رپيا}}; ''rupayā''), minted by [[Sher Shah Suri]] (1540–45), had a mass of 178 troy grains, or about 1% less than the British tola.<ref>{{citation | url = http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html | title = Mughal Coinage | publisher = [[RBI Monetary Museum]] | accessdate = 2008-05-04 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516085855/http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html | archivedate = 2008-05-16 }}.</ref> The [[British East India Company]] issued a [[silver]] rupee coin of 180 troy grains, and this became the practical standard mass for the tola well into the 20th century.<ref name="Silb2">{{citation | author = Silberrad, C. A. | year = 1922 | title = New Weights and Measures for India | bibcode = 1922Natur.110Q.735S | journal = [[Nature (journal)|Nature]] | volume = 110 | issue = 2770 | page = 735 | doi = 10.1038/110735a0| s2cid = 4136423 | url = https://zenodo.org/record/1429668 }}</ref>
[[File:20180507 12471p.jpg|thumb|A set of tolas]]
The British tola of 180 troy grains (from 1833) can be seen as more of a standardisation than a redefinition: the previous standard in the [[Bengal Presidency]], the system of "sicca weights", was the mass of one [[Murshidabad]] rupee, 179.666 troy grains.<ref name="Prinsep" /> For the larger weights used in commerce (in the Bengal Presidency), the variation in the pre-1833 standards was found to be greater than the adjustment.<ref name="Prinsep" />

The tola formed the base for units of mass under the British Indian system, and was also the standard measure of [[Precious metal|gold and silver bullion]].<ref name="Prinsep" /> Although the tola has been officially replaced by metric units since 1956,<ref>[http://www.commonlii.org/in/legis/num_act/sowama1956324/ Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1956 (No. 89 of 1956)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928150049/http://www.commonlii.org/in/legis/num_act/sowama1956324/ |date=2009-09-28 }}.</ref> it is still in current use, and is a popular denomination for gold bullion bars in [[Bangladesh]], [[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Singapore]], with a ten tola bar being the most commonly traded.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Green
| first = Timothy
| title = The world of gold
| publisher = Simon and Schuster
| year = 1970
| pages = 103, 179
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uX1kAAAAIAAJ&q=10+tola
}}</ref> In Nepal, minting of tola size gold coins continue up to the present, even though the currency of Nepal is called rupee and has no official connection to the tola. It is also used in most gold markets (bazars/souks) in the [[United Arab Emirates]] and in all the [[Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf]] (GCC) countries.

Tola is still used as a measure of ''[[Charas#Local cultivation|charas]]'' (Indian [[hashish]]).<ref>{{cite journal
| author = David Hooper, F.C.S., F.L.S.
| title = Charas of Indian Hemp
| publisher = J. Churchill
| date = September 19, 1908
| journal = Pharmaceutical Journal: A Weekly Record of Pharmacy and Allied Sciences
| page = 347
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=d5whAQAAMAAJ&q=tola+charas&pg=PA347
}}</ref> On the black market, however, one tola equals a mass of ~10g and not the actual mass of one tola.

==See also==
*[[Troy ounce]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Tola}}

[[Category:Units of mass]]
[[Category:Customary units in India]]

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