Multiple choice

What did the Indus people use for weighing and measuring?

  1. 6 or its multiples

  2. 12 or its multiples

  3. 16 or its multiples

  4. 10 or its multiples

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Excavations of Indus Valley Civilization sites reveal that their system of weights was binary and decimal for smaller units, but predominantly based on 16 and its multiples (such as 16, 64, 160, 320) for higher denominations.