Standardization or standardisation is the process of implementing and developing technical standards based on the consensus of different parties that include firms, users, interest groups, standards organizations and governments Standardization can help to maximize , interoperability, safety, repeatability, or quality. It can also facilitate commoditization of formerly custom processes. In social sciences, including economics, the idea of "standardization" is close to the solution for a coordination problem, a situation in which all parties can realize mutual gains, but only by making mutually consistent decisions. This view includes the case of "spontaneous standardization processes", to produce de facto standards. 

Standard weights and measures were developed by the Indus Valley Civilisation. The centralised weight and measure system served the commercial interest of Indus merchants as smaller weight measures were used to measure luxury goods while larger weights were employed for buying bulkier items, such as food grains etc. Weights existed in multiples of a standard weight and in categories. Technical standardisation enabled gauging devices to be effectively used in angular measurement and measurement for construction. Uniform units of length were used in the planning of towns such as Lothal, Surkotada, Kalibangan, Dolavira, Harappa, and Mohenjo-daro. The weights and measures of the Indus civilisation also reached Persia and Central Asia, where they were further modified. Shigeo Iwata describes the excavated weights unearthed from the Indus civilisation: QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is the name of the civilization that developed standard weights and measures?
2. Standard weights and measures were developed by which civilization?
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Q2:
1. What is the total number of towns that were planned in the article?
2. How many towns were planned, according to the article?
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Q3:
1. How many of the planned towns start with the letter m?
2. The names of how many planned towns begin with the letter m?
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Q4:
1. What are the names of some of the planned towns?
2. What are some of the planned towns names?
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Q5:
1. What term is used to describe the process of developing different technical standards?
2. The process of developing different technical standards can be described by what term?
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Q6:
1. What is the name of the civilization that excavated weights?
2. Weights were excavated by which civilization?
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Q7:
1. What is the name of the person that describes the unearthed weights?
2. The unearthed weights are described by which person?
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Q8:
1. What can be maximized thanks to standardization?
2. What can be maximized with the help of standardization?
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Q9:
1. What can standardization help maximize other that interoperability?
2. What can be maximized other than interoperability thanks to standardization?
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Q10:
1. Can Standardization help to maximize the quality of a product?
2. Can a product's quality be maximized thanks to standardization?
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Q11:
1. What is the total number of things that can be maximized thanks to standardization?
2. How many things can be maximized with the help of standardization?
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