n. a unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains (11.663 8038 grams) in 1833, of a similar but slightly variable value before that date
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The fundamental unit of weight of the empire of India, by law precisely equal to 180 grains troy. It is about half a grain heavier than the old tola sicca.
n. In Peru, a native burial-mound.
Word Usage
"According to forestry officials, five species known as tola, wenge, iroko, sapelli and limba account for close to 80 percent of the total timber exports in the country."