A traditional unit of quantity in India, equal to 107 or 10 million. Large numbers are usually described in India using the crore and the lakh (105); for example, the number 25 600 000 is called 2 crore 56 lakh and written "2,56,00,000"
Russ Rowlett (Director), How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement, Center for Mathematics and Science Education University of North Carolina, USA 2005. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictA.html, (Unit of Meas and Covr Factors - Amer) {608}