Adowlie

Adowlie

An adowlie (also "adholee", "adholy", "adowly") is an obsolete unit of dry volume and mass formerly used in western India a standard measurement for grain and salt.

* As a dry measure for salt, it equalled approximately 2.509 litres (2.28 quarts).
* As a measure of mass, it was roughly 1.982 kg (4.37 lb). A heavy adowlie was approximately 2.031 kg (4.478 lb)

After metrification in the mid-20th century, the unit became obsolete.

ee also

*List of customary units of measurement in South Asia

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