Masha (unit)

A masha is a traditional Indian unit of mass, now standardized as 0.972 grams (0.0343 oz).

Grain is usually taken is rice
8 grains of rice = 1 Ratti
8 Ratti = 1 Masha
12 Masha = 1 Tola
5 Tola = 1 chattank
16 chittank = 1 sair (kg)
1 sair =933 gram and 40 sair = 1 mann (now a day says 40 kg= 1mann)
25 Mann = 1 Ton (1000 KG)

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British Indian units of mass
Mughal Empire 1 maund = 40 seers 1 seer = 30 dams 1 dam = 5 tanks 1 tank = 3 mashas 1 masha = 8 ruttees
Bengal Presidency 1 maund = 8 passerees 1 passeree = 5 seers 1 seer = 16 chitaks 1 chitak = 5 tolas 1 tola = 12 mashas 1 masha = 8 rattis 1 ratti = 4 dhans Regulation VII 1833 fixed the mass of one tola as 180 troy grains (11.663 8038 grams)
Bombay Presidency 1 candy = 20 maunds 1 maund = 40 seers 1 seer = 72 tanks The maund was fixed at 28 pounds avoirdupois (¼ hundredweight) (12.700 586 36 kilograms)
Madras Presidency 1 candy = 20 maunds 1 maund = 8 vis 1 vis = 5 seers 1 seer = 8 pollums 1 pollum = 10 pagodas The maund was fixed at 25 pounds avoirdupois (11.339 809 25 kilograms)