Yes, it could be possible since British *ruled India for along time*. However, I can place its histriography BACK to India's ancient culture of the Indus people: with whatever name for YARD, since my linking of *length unit INDUS METRE (IM)* explicitly point towards this line.
My results:
One IM = 2-1/2 Megalithic Yard (MY) = 4 Nipur Cubit; and
One MY =2.721 +/- 0.001 feet = sqrt 5 remen
India's ancient unit *KOS* meant to be 1-1/4th mile or 2 kilometre. A reference of "Yojana & Kos" occur during Ramayana. My contribution: Linear Standard in the Indus Civilisation; Sir Mortimer Wheeler Commemoration Volume (1984); Doc. #16; Frontiers of the Indus Civilisation refers.
Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
20031026/12:11 PM(IST)
Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda.
*****The New Calendar Rhyme*****
Thirty days in July, September:
April, June, November, December;
All the rest have thirty-one; accepting February alone:
Which hath but twenty-nine, to be (in) fine;
Till leap year gives the whole week READY:
Is it not time to MODIFY or change to make it perennial, Oh Daddy!And make the calendar work with Leap Week Rule! ***** ***** ***** *****
From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [USMA:27279] Interesting fact from the archives Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 10:35:15 -0500
Brij, could this be a British thing?
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---Franz Kafka ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 10:17 AM Subject: [USMA:27279] Interesting fact from the archives
> Sirs:
> >Akker (acre) has once been used as a unit of area in.....
> India for quite a long time; and has been known as ACRE measuring an
area
> of 4840 sq.yds. or a field 220yds x220 yds. In metric measure, this would
be
> in close proximilty of 200m x200m (40x10^3 sqaure metre). Where mendatory,
> 'Acre can still remain in use' for a limited period.
>
> Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 20031025/20:48 PM(IST)
> Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda.
> *****The New Calendar Rhyme*****
> Thirty days in July, September:
> April, June, November, December;
> All the rest have thirty-one; accepting February alone:
> Which hath but twenty-nine, to be (in) fine;
> Till leap year gives the whole week READY:
> Is it not time to MODIFY or change to make it perennial, Oh Daddy!
>
> And make the calendar work with Leap Week Rule!
> ***** ***** ***** *****
>
> >From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: [USMA:27278] Interesting fact from the archives
> >Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 20:47:48 +0200
> >
> >Last Thursday, I encountered in an old file the name of a hamlet or
> >townland
> >near Nijmegen: Tienakker. Roughly translated: Tenacres. This is a strong
> >indication that the akker (acre) has once been used as a unit of area in
> >our
> >part of the country. The akker was roughly 0.5 ha. There are also
villages
> >in Germany with names like Vieracker. Now the akker is any field for
> >crop-growing in The Netherlands and Germany.
> >I wonder wat the BWMA would say: THE DUTCH AND THE GERMANS USE THE
BRITISH
> >ACRE!!!!
> >
> >Han
> >Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
> >
>
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