His Majesty, from his practical knowledge, has for several reasons experimented on the weight of different kinds of wood, and has thus adorned the market place of the world. One cubic gaz of dry wood of every kind has been weighed, and their differences have thus been established. Khanjak wood has been found to be the heaviest, and Safídár the lightest wood. I shall mention 72 kinds of wood.
The weight of one cubic gaz of
| Máns. | Sers. | Tánks. | |||
| 1. | Khanjak, | is | 27 | 14 | — |
| 2. | Amblí (Tamarindus Indica) | 24 | 8¾ | 25 | |
| 3. | Zaitún (Gyrocarpus Asiaticus,* ?) | } | 21 | 24 | — |
| 4. | Balúṭ (Oak), | ||||
| 5. | K'her (Acacia catechu) | } | 21 | 16 | — |
| 6. | K'hirní (Mimusops), | ||||
| 7. | Parsiddh, | 20 | 14 | 17 | |
| 8. | A´bnús (Ebony), | 20 | 9 | 20 | |
| 9. | Sain (Acacia Suma), | 19 | 32 | 10 | |
| 10. | Baqqam (Caesalpina sappan), | 19 | 22½ | 10 | |
| 11. | K'harhar, | 19 | 11¼ | 5 | |
| 12. | Mahwá (Bassia latifolia), | 18 | 32½ | 2 | |
| 13. | Chandaní, | } | 18 | 20½ | 10 |
| 14. | P'huláhí, | ||||
| 15. | Red Sandal, in Hindí Rakt Chandan, (Pterocarpus Santalinus), | 18 | 4½ | 10 | |
| 16. | Chamrí, | 18 | 2 | 7½ | |
| 17. | Chamar Mamrí | 17 | 16¼ | — | |
| 18. | 'Unnáb (Zizyphus sativus), | 17 | 5 | 4 | |
| 19. | Sisaun Patang (vide No. 40), | 17 | 1¾ | 7 | |
| 20. | Sándan, | 17 | 1 | 28 | |
| 21. | Shamshád (Buxus Sempervirens,) | 16 | 18 | 25 | |
| 22. | D'hau (Grislea tomentosa), | 16 | 1 | 10 | |
| 23. | A´mlah, Hind. A´ṉwlah, (Emblica officinalis), | 16 | 1½ | 1 | |
| 24. | Karíl (Sterculia fetida), | 16 | 1 | 10 | |
| 25. | Sandal wood, | 15 | 17 | 20 | |
| 26. | Sál (Shorea robusta), | 15 | 4¾ | 7 | |
| 27. | Banaus. His Majesty calls this tree Sháh A´lú; but in Kábul and Persian it is called A´lú Bálú (Cherry), | 14 | 36½ | 10 | |
| 28. | Kailás (Cherry tree) | 14 | 35½ | — | |
| 29. | Níṉb (Azadirakhta Indica), | 14 | 32¼ | 31 | |
| 30. | Dárhard (Berberis aristata), | 14 | 32¼ | 19 | |
| 31. | Main, | } | 14 | 22¾ | — |
| 32. | Babúl (Acacia Arabica), | ||||
| 33. | Ságaun, | 14 | 10 | 20 | |
| 34. | Bijaisár, | } | 13 | 34 | — |
| 35. | Pílú, | ||||
| 36. | Mulberry, | 13 | 28½ | 15 | |
| 37. | D'háman, | 13 | 25 | 20 | |
| 38. | Bán Barás, | 13 | 10 | 29 | |
| 39. | Sirs (Acacia odoratissima), | 12 | 38 | 21 | |
| 40. | Sísauṉ (Dalbergia sissoo; vide No. 19,) | 12 | 34¼ | 5 | |
| 41. | Finduq, | 12 | 26 | 4 | |
| 42. | Chhaukar, | } | 12 | 17½ | 22 |
| 43. | Dudd'hí, | ||||
| 44. | Haldí | 12 | 13½ | 32 | |
| 45. | Kaim (Nauclea parviflora), | 12 | 12½ | 30 | |
| 46. | Jáman (Jambosa), | } | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| 47. | Farás, | ||||
| 48. | Bar (Ficus Indica), | 12 | 3¼ | 5 | |
| 49. | K'handú, | } | 11 | 29 | — |
| 50. | Chanár, | ||||
| 51. | Chármaghz (Walnut tree), | } | 11 | 9¼ | 17 |
| 52. | Champá (Michelia champaca), | ||||
| 53. | Ber (Zizyphus jujuba), | 11 | 4 | — | |
| 54. | A´mb (Mango, Mangifera Indica,) | } | 11 | 2 | 20 |
| 55. | Páparí (Ulmus), | ||||
| 56. | Diyár (Cedrus deodar), | } | 10 | 20 | — |
| 57. | Bed (Willow), | ||||
| 58. | Kunbhír (Gunbhír (?), Gmelina arborea), | } | 10 | 19½ | 22 |
| 59. | Chíḍh (Pinus longifolia), | ||||
| 60. | Pípal. The Brahmins worship this tree (Ficus religiosa). | 10 | 10¼ | 21 | |
| 61. | Kat'hal (Jacktree, Artocarpus integrifolia), | } | 10 | 7½ | 34 |
| 62. | Gurdaiṉ, | ||||
| 63. | Ruherá (Terminalia belerica), | 10 | 7 | 30 | |
| 64. | Palás (Butea frondosa), | 9 | 34 | — | |
| 65. | Surkh Bed, | 8 | 25 | 20 | |
| 66. | A´k (Calotropis gigantea), | 8 | 19¼ | 25 | |
| 67. | Senbal (Cotton tree), | 8 | 13 | 34 | |
| 68. | Bakáyin (Melea composita), | 8 | 9 | 30 | |
| 69. | Lhasorá (Cordia mixa), | } | 8 | 9 | 20 |
| 70. | Padmák'h (Cerasus caproniana), | ||||
| 71. | Aṉd, | 7 | 7 | 31 | |
| 72. | Safídár, | 6 | 7 | 22½ | |
In the above weights, the ser has been taken at 28 dáms.