History of measurement units of length referred to above and the Mesopotamian cubit were used in the 3rd millennium BC and are the earliest known units used by ancient peoples to measure length. The units of length used in ancient India included the dhanus, or dhanush (bow), the krosa (cry, or cow-call) and the yojana (stage). The common cubit was the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. It was divided into the span of the hand or the length between the tip of little finger to the tip of the thumb (one-half cubit), the palm
Yup'ik clothing the outstreched arm and hand; "cagner" (in Cup'ig) measurement between tips of fingers on opposing hands when arms are extended out from the sides of the body; "ikuyegarneq" (in Yup'ik) "ikuyegarner" (in Cup'ig) measurement from one's elbow to the end of his fist; "ikuyegneq" (in Yup'ik) measurement from one's elbow to end of his outstretched fingertips; "iqelqin" (in Yup'ik) measurement from the tip of one's thumb to the tip of one's index fingers are stretched out from each other; "itegneq" (in Yup'ik) measurement from tip of toes to end of heel; foot (in length); "it’ganeq" (in Yup'ik) measurement from tip