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Adowlie
An
adowlie
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
.
As a
measure
of mass, it was
roughly
1.
982
kg
. A
heavy
adowlie
was approximately 2.031 kg
After
metrification
in the mid-20th
century
,
the unit
became obsolete.
