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31: 104:, which were originally valued as the unit's weight of silver. It remains in widespread use in Myanmar, where it is approximately equivalent to 16.33 grams (0.576 oz), and in the gold trade in Thailand, where it is defined as 15.244 grams (0.5377 oz) for bullion and 15.16 grams (0.535 oz) for jewellery. For other uses, the 145:
and developed cross-peninsular trade, the units, of roughly the same size, probably became regarded as equivalent by traders, including the Portuguese, who popularized its recognition by Westerners as the
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Money, markets, and trade in early Southeast Asia : the development of indigenous monetary systems to AD 1400
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displaced the Khmer Empire in the fifteenth century, and as Ayutthaya gained control of the east coast of the
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The unit probably arose from multiple origins. In Burma, it was likely equivalent to the
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Poapongsakorn, Nipon; Nikomboriruk, Deunden; Temboonkiat, Tongta; Milne, James (1997).
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A gold shop in Thailand. The necklace chains are denoted by their weight in
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is defined in Thailand as exactly 15 grams (0.5291 oz).
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Gold Bullion Market in Thailand: A Case for Liberalisation
56:(or weight in the colloquial sense) historically used in 228:(online)] (in Thai). Office of the Royal Society 92:). It formed the basis of the modern currencies the 313: 60:, particularly in the predecessor states of 270: 268: 274: 214: 265: 29: 14: 314: 246: 221:āļžāļˆāļ™āļēāļ™āļļāļāļĢāļĄāļ‰āļšāļąāļšāļĢāļēāļŠāļšāļąāļ“āļ‘āļīāļ•āļĒāļŠāļ–āļēāļ™ (āļ­āļ­āļ™āđ„āļĨāļ™āđŒ) 24: 25: 353: 297:from the original on 2021-08-02 197:from the original on 2021-08-02 327:Customary units of measurement 247:Wicks, Robert Sigfrid (1992). 240: 208: 182: 165:Cambodian units of measurement 13: 1: 175: 332:Economic history of Cambodia 160:Burmese units of measurement 100:, as well as the historical 27:Southeast Asian unit of mass 7: 337:Economic history of Myanmar 284:Journal of the Siam Society 153: 82:, where it is known as the 64:, where it is known as the 10: 358: 226:Royal Institute Dictionary 342:Thai units of measurement 277:"The Origin of the Tical" 170:Thai units of measurement 220: 58:Mainland Southeast Asia 275:de Campos, J. (1941). 39: 33: 129:(known in Khmer as 40: 139:Ayutthaya Kingdom 16:(Redirected from 349: 306: 305: 303: 302: 296: 281: 272: 263: 262: 244: 238: 237: 235: 233: 212: 206: 205: 203: 202: 186: 21: 357: 356: 352: 351: 350: 348: 347: 346: 312: 311: 310: 309: 300: 298: 294: 279: 273: 266: 259: 245: 241: 231: 229: 222: 213: 209: 200: 198: 187: 183: 178: 156: 133:and in Thai as 102:Cambodian tical 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 355: 345: 344: 339: 334: 329: 324: 308: 307: 264: 257: 239: 207: 180: 179: 177: 174: 173: 172: 167: 162: 155: 152: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 354: 343: 340: 338: 335: 333: 330: 328: 325: 323: 322:Units of mass 320: 319: 317: 293: 289: 285: 278: 271: 269: 260: 258:9781501719479 254: 250: 243: 227: 223: 217: 216:Royal Society 211: 196: 192: 185: 181: 171: 168: 166: 163: 161: 158: 157: 151: 149: 144: 140: 136: 132: 128: 127: 122: 118: 114: 109: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 86: 81: 77: 73: 69: 68: 63: 59: 55: 51: 47: 46: 37: 32: 19: 299:. Retrieved 287: 283: 248: 242: 230:. Retrieved 210: 199:. Retrieved 184: 147: 134: 130: 124: 121:Khmer Empire 116: 110: 105: 94:Myanmar kyat 89: 84: 83: 71: 66: 65: 44: 43: 41: 35: 143:Andaman Sea 316:Categories 301:2021-08-02 201:2021-08-02 176:References 74:), and of 98:Thai baht 292:Archived 232:2 August 195:Archived 154:See also 135:tamlueng 96:and the 80:Thailand 76:Cambodia 131:damleng 72:kyattha 62:Myanmar 18:Kyattha 255:  117:diáđ…kel 295:(PDF) 290:(2). 280:(PDF) 224:[ 148:tical 115:unit 48:is a 45:tical 253:ISBN 234:2021 126:tael 106:baht 85:baht 78:and 67:kyat 54:mass 50:unit 42:The 36:baht 113:Mon 90:bat 52:of 318:: 288:33 286:. 282:. 267:^ 218:. 150:. 304:. 261:. 236:. 204:. 88:( 70:( 38:. 20:)

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Kyattha

unit
mass
Mainland Southeast Asia
Myanmar
Cambodia
Thailand
Myanmar kyat
Thai baht
Cambodian tical
Mon
Khmer Empire
tael
Ayutthaya Kingdom
Andaman Sea
Burmese units of measurement
Cambodian units of measurement
Thai units of measurement
Gold Bullion Market in Thailand: A Case for Liberalisation
Archived
Royal Society
āļžāļˆāļ™āļēāļ™āļļāļāļĢāļĄāļ‰āļšāļąāļšāļĢāļēāļŠāļšāļąāļ“āļ‘āļīāļ•āļĒāļŠāļ–āļēāļ™ (āļ­āļ­āļ™āđ„āļĨāļ™āđŒ)
Royal Institute Dictionary
ISBN
9781501719479


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