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1. Mature Harappan Period

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   Harappan weights were almost exclusively cubical chert stones, marked with specific binary multiples of the lowest unit. The basic unit, often referred to as the harappa-mass ($\approx 13.64$ grams), was strictly enforced. Deviations exceeding $0.001\%$ were subject to official confiscation and ritual public nullification (Joshi, 1985). The unusual adherence to a binary system ($1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, \ldots$) in an otherwise [decimal-oriented Bronze Age world](/ent…