Unjab, state of India, located in the northwestern part of the subcontinent. Punjab in its present form came into existence on November 1, 1966, when most of its predominantly Hindi-speaking areas were separated to form the new state of Haryana.
Gold in Pre-Columbian AmericasLatin America experienced a significant use of gold. In pre-Columbian civilizations, gold enjoyed great prestige but still did not have market value. By association with solar deities, the indigenous populations considered that gold retained the rays of the sun. It ...
Annual silver prices for the past 20 years in British pounds The chart of silver priced in pounds sterling is a bit flatter given the high exchange rate of the GBP. Annual silver sales trends for the past 20 years in British pounds The Y/Y silver price trends in the British Pound shows...
The Arthashastra talks about the principles of governance and lays down rules of administration. It also discusses in detail the role of the king, his duties, rate of taxation, use of espionage, and laws for governing the society. The Indica of Megasthenes, on the other hand, gives a viv...
Sangurmath, P., 2003, Detailed Exploration for Epigenetic Gold Deposit: A Case History: Hira- Buddinni Gold Deposit. Hutti-Maski Schist Belt, India. In: A.K. Ghose and L.K. Bose (Eds), Mining in the 21st Century: Quo Vadis? 19th World Mining Congress, p.315-329....
The Renminbi was pegged to the U.S. Dollar until 2005. The currency was then allowed to float around a narrow, fixed base rate using a basket of currencies. Gold Pricing in Renminbi China is the world’s second largest economy and one of the largest emerging markets. Gold may be a popu...
The SAR is pegged to the U.S. Dollar at an exchange rate of 3.75 SR to 1 USD. Saudi Arabia's economy is driven by the oil and gas industry and is the world's second-largest producer of oil in the world after the U.S.
A survey of important events and people in the history of China from ancient times to the present. Occupying nearly the entire East Asian landmass, China covers approximately one-fourteenth of the land area of Earth, and it is almost as large as the whol
Mining and extracting precious metals and raw materials was another major component of the ancient Roman economy. Gold, silver,copper, iron,tinandleadwere mined extensively throughout the empire, providing valuable resources for various industries and coin production. Copper, bronze, and iron played ...
The Bretton Woods Agreement established that the U.S. dollar was the dominant reserve currency and that the dollar was convertible to gold at the fixed rate of $35 per ounce. In 1971, President Nixon terminated the convertibility of the U.S. dollar to gold. ...