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- Without standard weights, consistent measurement would have been difficult .
No agreed unit
nobody knows what a weight means
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Goods cannot be checked
or priced in an agreed way
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Long-distance trade suffers — harder and less reliable
- Every deal would need fresh bargaining over quantity.
One agreed standard made buying and selling easier between people who never met.
NCERT question · THINK ABOUT IT, page 76
Harappans had their own standard systems of weight and measurement... Can you imagine how long-distance trade would have been affected had the Harappans not followed a standard system of weights?
