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  2. Indian numbering system - Wikipedia

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    The Indic numbering system is used in the Indian subcontinent (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) to express large numbers.The terms lakh or 1,00,000 (one hundred thousand, written as 100,000 in Pakistan, and outside the Indian subcontinent) and crore or 1,00,00,000 (ten million, written as 10,000,000 outside the subcontinent) are the most commonly used terms in ...

  3. Kos (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The kos ( Hindi: कोस ), also spelled coss, koss, kosh, koh (in Punjabi), krosh, and krosha, is a unit of measurement which is derived from a Sanskrit term, क्रोश krośa, which means a 'call', as the unit was supposed to represent the distance at which another human could be heard. It is an ancient Indian subcontinental standard ...

  4. Hindu–Arabic numeral system - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu–Arabic system is designed for positional notation in a decimal system. In a more developed form, positional notation also uses a decimal marker (at first a mark over the ones digit but now more commonly a decimal point or a decimal comma which separates the ones place from the tenths place), and also a symbol for "these digits recur ad infinitum".

  5. Postal Index Number - Wikipedia

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    Sorting district 2-digit postcode areas in India (defined through the first two PIN digits) The third digit of a PIN, combined with the first two digits, represents a specific geographical region (except in the case of the functional zone for the Army) called a sorting district that is headquartered at the main post office of the largest city in the region and is known as the sorting office.

  6. Postal code - Wikipedia

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    Postal code. A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail . As of August 2021, the Universal Postal Union ...

  7. Indian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    In Hindi ½ Seer = Adha (½) Seer, or Adher. 1 Ser = 2 Adher = 4 Pav = 16 Chattank = 80 Tola = 933.1 grams. 1 Savaser = 1 Ser + 1 Pav (1¼ Seer) 1 Savaser weighed 100 Imperial rupees. In Hindi 1¼ Seer = Sava (1¼) Seer, or Savaser. 1 Dhaser = 2 Savaser = 2½ Seer. In Hindi 2½ Seer = Dhai (2½) Seer, or Dhaser.

  8. Mail - Wikipedia

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    The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. [1] A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century, national postal systems have generally been established as a government monopoly, with a fee on the article prepaid.

  9. InScript keyboard - Wikipedia

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    InScript (short for Indic Script) is the decreed standard keyboard layout for Indian scripts using a standard 104- or 105-key layout. This keyboard layout was standardised by the Government of India for inputting text in languages of India written in Brahmic scripts, as well as the Santali language, written in the non-Brahmic Ol Chiki script. [1]