Yojana

Yojana
Unit systemArthashastra
Unit oflength
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   SI units   12.8 km ; 16 km (in ancient Cambodia)
   Imperial/US units   2.7 miles

A yojana (Devanagari: योजन; Khmer language: យោជន៍; Thai: โยชน์; Burmese: ယူဇနာ) is a measure of distance that was used in ancient India, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar. Various textual sources from ancient India define Yojana as ranging from 3.5 to 15 km.