Harappan Weights and Measures The Indus Standard

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Harappan Weights and Measures The Indus Standard

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The Indus Valley Civilization maintained a remarkably uniform system of weights and measures across hundreds of kilometers and a thousand years. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the cubical chert weights found at Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, and Dholavira, the binary ratio system that governed trade, and the "Indus inch" that may have been used for architecture. They discuss how these tools enabled the civilization's famous trade networks with Mesopotamia and the Gulf, and consider what the precision of these objects reveals about Harappan governance and economy. Along the way, they touch on the ongoing mystery of the Indus script and what standardized weights might tell us about whether the Harappan state was centralized or a collection of city-states. Specific topics include the 16-unit weight system, the lack of evidence for coinage, the use of balance scales, and how modern metrology compares. #HarappanWeights #IndusValley #MohenjoDaro #Harappa #Dholavira #IndusMetrology #ChertWeights #AncientTrade #BinaryWeights #IndusInch #BronzeAge #SouthAsianHistory #Archaeology #CubicalWeights #Meluhha #Dilmun #AncientEconomy #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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