A masha is a traditional Indian unit of mass, now standardized as .
The essential unit of mass used in India included ratti, masha, tola, chattank, seer and maund.
Grain is usually taken is rice <br> 8 grains of rice = 1 Ratti <br> 8 Ratti = 1 Masha <br> 12 Masha = 1 Tola <br> 5 Tola = 1 chatank <br> 16 chatank = 1 Saer
40 saer = 1 maund <br>1 saer = 933.12 g
1 maund = 37.325 kg (now a day says 40 kg= 1maund)<br> 25 Mann = 1 Ton (1000 KG) <br> Before "rice" is "khas khas"that is poppyseed. It is "8 khaskhas = 1 chawal(rice)".