Tola tola

Symboltola
SystemTraditional Asian
QuantityMass
Value in SI180 grains = 11.6638038 g
Defined / adopted1833 (British India)

About the Tola

The tola was standardised under British rule in India as 180 troy grains, about 11.66 grams, roughly the weight of a silver rupee coin. India adopted the metric system in the late 1950s, but gold in South Asia and the Gulf is still widely traded in tolas, including the ten-tola bar.

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