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What were the ancient weights and scales used for in mohenjo-daro's citadels?
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∙ 12y ago
The way they would use it was for measuring wheat in a granary. They would then take wheat and crush it into flour. Then they would use different sized weights to measure the amount of flour and then the flour could be used for trading like money. To tell how much it cost, they just weighed it.
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