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47-718: Buria is a small town and earlier was a municipal committee now the part of Yamunanagr Nagar nigam situated on the banks of the Western Yamuna Canal approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the city of Jagadhri and 8 km from Jagadhri railway station . Buria was ruled by Jats of Mannan clan from 1764 to 1947. Buri Fort , there is a fort in Buria, with Rang Mahal (pleasure palace) used by Hamayun when he came here for hunting in Shivalik forests, whereas some relate this Rang Mahal to Birbal , court advisor to

94-530: A Geometric grave. Anthropological evidence suggests that obeloi were used in burials of warrior elite or in the graves of people with high social status. A hoard of over 150 rod-shaped obeloi was uncovered at Heraion of Argos in Peloponnese . Six of them are displayed at the Numismatic Museum of Athens . Despite earlier evidence of poorly preserved specimen, the obeloi discovered at Argos were

141-435: A complete picture of a currency's value. Using a labor-equivalent calculation, a silver drachma (or denarius ), which constituted a day's wage for a manual laborer, would be worth approximately the same in modern currency. The United States federal minimum wage 's maximum purchasing power was in 1968, when it was $ 1.60 ($ 14.00 in 2023), meaning an 8-hour shift paid $ 12.80 ($ 112.00 in 2023) Meanwhile, average yearly wages in

188-525: A discussion of equal return and exchange involving coins. In Herodotus 8.93 a prize of ten thousand drachmae is offered in exchange for a prisoner. The valuable silver used in Athenian coins was gathered from Athens's Laurium Mines in Attica, which were subject to large-scale use and exploitation beginning in the 6th century BCE. Mining was strictly overseen by the Athenian state. In Herodotus 7.144 there

235-467: A drachma per day (360 days per year) would provide "a comfortable subsistence" for "the poor citizens" (for the head of a household in 355 BC). Earlier in 422 BC, we also see in Aristophanes ( Wasps , line 300–302) that the daily half-drachma of a juror is just enough for the daily subsistence of a family of three. It is difficult to estimate comparative exchange rates with modern currencies because

282-558: A form of civic pride. Thomas R. Martin says that the use of coinage in ancient Greece, could be loosely compared to the use of flags in the modern world. Martin says that coins thus functioned "as symbols of sovereign identity" Coinage was used for rewards at athletic games, which were an integral part of Greek life. Victors of games were often given prizes with monetary value, such as bronze and silver containers, tripods, and coins. In daily life, coins were used for such social transactions as marriage and transfer of land, although far less

329-514: A good education facility two private and one Govt sen Sec School along with one primary school. List of films , Chandrawal , Jagat Jakhar ) This Haryana location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jagadhri Jagadhri is a city and a municipal council in the Yamunanagar district of the Indian state of Haryana . This town lies adjacent to

376-522: A range between $ 385.63 ($ 454.00 in 2023) and $ 13.26 ($ 16.00 in 2023). Food and clothing were expensive from a modern perspective. A gallon of olive oil cost three drachmae, while cloaks could range anywhere between five and twenty drachmae. For the Roman successors of the drachma, see Roman provincial coins . The weight of the silver drachma was approximately 4.3 grams or 0.15 ounces, although weights varied significantly from one city-state to another. It

423-447: A religious context is significant. Additionally, "penalties, tithes and other dues were inflicted on both priests and worshippers" and were extracted through bullion weight or coinage. Many historians believe that coins were used as a tool for empire building, as a Greek City state could enforce its power and establish political order through managing its coins. There is also historic speculation that coins were manufactured and used as

470-443: Is a historical place. It is supposed that there was an Ashram of Ved Vyas on the bank of a pond situated here. The statue of Uma Mahadev made in 9th-10th century, and statue of Ganesha made in 11th-12th century and remains of Gupta Empire prove the antecedence of Kapalmochan. People come from all parts of the country feel spiritual elevated by taking holy bath here in ponds (kunds) known as Rinmochan, Kapalmochan and Surya kund. There

517-655: Is a main ancient temple of lord shiva. It lies 23 km north of Yamuna Nagar town. It is approachable by road via Bilaspur and is about 2 km from the nearest village Kathgarh. Located in the foothills of the Shivalik Hills, it has the Adi-Badri Narayana, Shri Kedar Nath and Mantra Devi Temples in the background. Three mounds of antiquities have recently been excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India . Chaneti Buddhist Stupa

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564-567: Is also a Hindu temple and Gurudawara of Dasham patshahi where the tenth guru of the Sikhs Guru Gobind Singh stayed. On the occasion of Guru Nanak Dev Jayanti, a huge gathering of devotees of both Sikh and Hindu origin takes place. The temple is situated on the road coming from Bilaspur to Chhachhrauli , 4 km away from Bilaspur and attracts large numbers of people. This temple has a Vigrah of Hanuman with five faces, contributing to temple's name, Panchmukhi (five faces). It

611-473: Is an old historical place. It was said that people coming from Haridwar and all the religious places of Himachal Pradesh used to take rest here. It was known as the 'Sadhu-raha' in the past. Ancient drachma The name drachma is derived from the verb δράσσομαι ( drássomai , "(I) grasp"). It is believed that the same word with the meaning of "handful" or "handle" is found in Linear B tablets of

658-561: Is believed that wishes come true here, after the 20th day of the Diwali on the Occasion. It is believed that the five Pandavas visited this place and prayed to Lord Hanuman by creating his five faces. The premises of the Temple has been greatly renovated during the recent years and has good facilities for the devotees. The main tehsil situated in north east and 11 km from Jagadhri. In

705-502: Is known about these exchanges. Anthropological evidence shows that marriages were events in which coins would be exchanged from one party to another. Other items received in dowry exchanges were appraised by their monetary value, measured in coins. Dowries were usually paid for in cash. For a wealthy Athenian family this could include between "500 dr and 2 talents." Drachmae were minted on different weight standards at different Greek mints. The standard that came to be most commonly used

752-476: Is meant for the Horticultural Research in the region. Presently the work is based on the germplasms of mango, litchi, pear, peach plum, sapota, guava, apple and lemon. The research station is equipped with one weather observatory which provide daily weather data for the research purposes. Also the inter-cropping experiments were going on based on the newly planted orchard where the space available

799-541: Is modern-day Iran . The Arabic unit of currency known as dirham ( Arabic : درهم ), known from pre- Islamic times and afterwards, inherited its name from the drachma or didrachm ( δίδραχμον , 2 drachmae); the dirham is still the name of the official currencies of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates . The Armenian dram ( Armenian : Դրամ ) also derives its name from the drachma. The 5th century BC Athenian tetradrachm ("four drachmae") coin featured

846-471: Is situated 3 km away from Jagadhri. It is round in shape, made of bricks, 8 meters in height, in the area of about 100 sq meters, is an old Buddhist Stupa . According to Hieun Tsang , this was built by the King Ashoka . Panjtirthi is situated 15 km away from Yamuna Nagar Topra Kalan to Harnol road. There are Lord Rama , Sita , Pandavas , Shiv temples, a Gurudwara and sacred pond . It

893-412: Is specific discussion of the wealth that Athens gathered from these mines. He states, "The revenues from the mines at Laurium has brought great wealth into the Athenian's treasury." The primary function of the first coinage is highly debated by scholars. Historian Sitta von Reden states that, "The great number of possible explanations, none of which are {sic} wholly satisfactory, has made scholars abandon

940-400: Is utilized to develop technology for increasing the profits at the farmer's end. As of 2001 India census , Buria had a population of 9829. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Buria has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 65% and female literacy of 50%. 14% of the population is under six years of age. Now Buria has

987-722: Is where the Yamuna loses its waters to the Western and Eastern Yamuna Canals that supply water for irrigation and the Delhi waterworks. The Tajewala was replaced by the Hathnikund Barrage in 1999. Buria is a famous town situated 8 km away from Jagadhari. It is said that Humayun came here for hunting in Shivalik forests and constructed Rang-Mahal . Many people guess the relation of 'Rang-Mahal' to Raja Birbal , one of

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1034-602: The Mycenean Pylos . Initially a drachma was a fistful (a "grasp") of six oboloí or obeloí (metal sticks, literally " spits ") originally used for roasting lamb. With anthropological evidence it is believed that the oboloi were used as a form of early currency, beginning around 1100 BC and being a form of " bullion ": bronze, copper, or iron ingots denominated by weight in a developed barter system. The earliest of these obeloi were found in Palaepahos, Cyprus in

1081-553: The Navaratnas of Akbar . Buria is also known as Buria Sahib because of a well-known Gurudwara related to Guru Teg Bahadur , ninth guru of Sikhs . An old Shiva Temple is also located in Buria. In nearby Dayalgarh, is the renovated old temple of Shree Paataaleshvar Mahadev with a garden and some ashrams of saints made during medieval times. Bilaspur town, named after the writer of the Mahabharata - Maharishi Vyasa ,

1128-451: The Attic talent with a fluctuating commodity like silver at the present day are, of course, highly unsatisfactory"; using an alternate method accounting for average bullion prices over some decades, he arrived at $ 1,000 for a talent, which means that based solely on bullion value, a drachma would have been worth $ 0.16 in 1885 ($ 5.65 in 2023). But bullion equivalent calculations do not provide

1175-682: The Mughal emperor Akbar . The presence of Birbal Dwar (Birbal Gate) in the village indicates relation to Birbal . During the British Raj , Buria was captured by the Sikhs in 1760, and became the headquarters of a Jat principality, which before the Treaty of Amritsar (1809) between the British and Maharaja Ranjit singh had been divided into two chiefships of Buria and Dialgarh. Contention between

1222-527: The United States in 2022 were $ 77,463 ($ 80,652 in 2023), meaning a day's wages would be $ 322.76 ($ 336.00 in 2023). Taking into account economic statistics around the world, a broader range of estimates is possible. According to the UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe), gross average monthly wages in 2020 ranged from $ 7,712.7 USD ( Switzerland ) to $ 265.10 USD ( Uzbekistan ); this yields

1269-481: The age group of 0 to 6 years was 14,011. The total number of literates in Jagadhri was 94,468, which constituted 75.6% of the population with male literacy of 78.3% and female literacy of 72.5%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Jagadhri was 85.2%, of which male literacy rate was 88.3% and female literacy rate was 81.5%. The Scheduled Castes population was 15,460. Tajewala Barrage , completed in 1873,

1316-584: The city of Yamunanagar . The demarcation line between the two is difficult to discern. Jagadhri is around 90  km away from Chandigarh , the capital city of Haryana state. This town is known for the cluster of brass and copper industries. Jagadhri is known as the "Brass City" of India.  Jagadhri, corrupted form of its old name Yugandhari, was named after the king of the Yugandharas. Yugandharas find mention in Mahabharata as well as Buddhist texts as region with warriors or mountains. Yugandhara likely

1363-475: The first found completely intact. The drachma was the standard unit of silver coinage at most ancient Greek mints, and the name obol was used to describe a coin that was one-sixth of a drachma. The notion that drachma derived from the word for fistful was recorded by Herakleides of Pontos (387–312 BC) who was informed by the priests of Heraion that Pheidon , king of Argos, dedicated rod-shaped obeloi to Heraion. Similar information about Pheidon's obeloi

1410-417: The helmeted profile bust of Athena on the obverse (front) and an owl on the reverse (back). In daily use they were called γλαῦκες glaukes (owls), hence the proverb Γλαῦκ' Ἀθήναζε , 'an owl to Athens', referring to something that was in plentiful supply, like ' coals to Newcastle '. The reverse is featured on the national side of the modern Greek 1 euro coin . The tetradrachm ("four drachmae") coin

1457-452: The manufacture of aluminium and stainless steel products. Moreover, Jagadhri has also witnessed the growth of a new timber trade in the last decade. There are many old temples, such as LathMar Mandir, Khera Mandir, Gauri Shankar Mandir and Guga Madi Mandir, Devi Mandir (Mansa Devi). As of 2011 Indian Census , Jagadhri had 26,716 households with a total population of 124,894 of which 67,685 were male and 57,209 were females. Population within

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1504-671: The name of the city or of the image depicted. The exact exchange value of each was determined by the quantity and quality of the metal, which reflected on the reputation of each mint. Coins were most often made of silver, and very rarely gold. Among the Greek cities that used the drachma were: Abdera , Abydos , Alexandria , Aetna , Antioch , Athens , Chios , Cyzicus , Corinth , Ephesus , Eretria , Gela , Catana , Kos , Maronia , Naxos , Pella , Pergamum , Rhegion , Salamis , Smyrni , Sparta , Syracuse , Tarsus , Thasos , Tenedos , Troy and more. Most coins only circulated within

1551-529: The past it was the capital of the Sikh state of Kalsia . Created by Raja Gurbaksh Singh in 1763. Today 'Ravi Mahal', Ghantaghar, Janak Niwas and the fort have their own dignity. There is also a Sainik Parivar Bhawan & Bal-kunj social welfare institution at Chhachrauli. It is known as "Cherapunjji of Haryana" as it receives the highest rainfall in Haryana. This village is situated north east from jagadhari- there

1598-525: The period up to the Prithviraj Chauhan and Tomara dynasty kings of Delhi. It was likely the capital city of a Janapada . There are few places which have signs of Ashoka like Topra kalan , Chaneti, Sugh and Lohgarh . Topra kalan is the place where the Ashoka pillar having Pali inscriptions was originally installed by Ashoka. This pillar was uprooted by Mughal invader Ferozeshah Tughlaq and

1645-533: The question of the primary function of the first coinages." But there is some anthropological evidence for different uses of coins over time in Ancient Greece. Most historians find consensus in the use of coinage to facilitate trade. Such use of coinage is attested to in such primary sources as Herodotus 1.94.; he says that the Lydians were the first to mint coins and use them "for retail." Since trade

1692-451: The range of products produced by economies of centuries gone by were different from today. Purchasing power parity (PPP) calculations are very difficult. An 1885 paper by William Goodwin estimated that, ignoring purchasing power, the weight of silver that had been in a Solonic talent was at that time worth approximately 877 United States dollars, making a drachma worth $ 0.14 in 1885 ($ 4.96 in 2023). However, he said that "these comparisons of

1739-529: The region they were created in, and there was no universal standard. However, more than half the known Greek city-states do not have evidence of minting coins. Fractions and multiples of the drachma were minted by many states, most notably in Ptolemaic Egypt , which minted large coins in gold, silver and bronze. Notable Ptolemaic coins included the gold pentadrachm and octadrachm , and silver tetradrachm , decadrachm and pentakaidecadrachm . This

1786-477: The widows of the last male holder of Dialgarh led to its subdivision into the estates of Jagadhri and Dialgarh which after few years came under British protection. Jagadhri jagir lapsed in 1829 and came under direct British control. The Rani of Dialgarh was one of the nine chiefs who were retained as independent protected chiefs. She retained her position until her death in 1852, after which jagir of Dialgarh also lapsed and it came under direct British rule. Buria proper

1833-655: Was also recorded at the Parian Chronicle . Ancient Greek coins normally had distinctive names in daily use. The Athenian tetradrachm was called owl , the Aeginetic stater was called chelone , the Corinthian stater was called hippos ( horse ) and so on. Each city would mint its own and have them stamped with recognizable symbols of the city , known as badge in numismatics, along with suitable inscriptions, and they would often be referred to either by

1880-462: Was also reduced to the status of an ordinary jagir in 1849. Other attractions include the medieval "Pataleshwar Mahadev Shiv Mandir" , the "Sanatan Dharam Hanuman Mandir" and a Gurudwara (Sikh temple) in remembrance of the ninth Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur . Buria CCS HAU Regional Research Station , with 26 acres (11 ha) of orchard, is a Regional Research Station of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University . This research station

1927-766: Was especially noteworthy as it would not be until the introduction of the Guldengroschen in 1486 that coins of substantial size (particularly in silver) would be minted in significant quantities. After Alexander's conquests, the name drachma was used in many of the Hellenistic kingdoms in the Middle East , including the Ptolemaic kingdom in Alexandria and the Parthian Empire based in what

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1974-464: Was moved to Delhi and reinstalled. Chaneti has one full size Buddhist stupa excavated similar to those found in Sanchi and Sarnath . Sugh also had signs of Buddhism which have been razed by local natives. The town was known historically for its metal work and brass ware including utensils. Nowadays production of brass ware has fallen off, due to high costs and the city has successfully transitioned to

2021-541: Was one of the few coins accepted internationally. The popularity of Athen's coinage can be contributed to numerous laws restricting local traders to exclusive use of Athenian coinage abroad. The only specific coinage mentioned in Herodotus is the drachma of Athens. Evidence for the usage of silver coinage can be found in multiple sections of Herodotus . In 6.21 the tensions between the Athenians and Miletus result in

2068-578: Was perhaps the most widely used coin in the Greek world prior to the time of Alexander the Great (along with the Corinthian stater ). Athenian coinage was especially attractive due to the purity of the silver used to create each coin. At the time, to gain legitimacy over a large geographic spread, city states relied on the intrinsic value of their coins and the promise that "its minting authority would redeem it". Athens demonstrated both. Athenian coinage

2115-455: Was state controlled, trade and political factors are highly interlocked. Ancient coinage also had religious use. Obeloi were often used in dedications at shrines and temples. Anthropological evidence of this can be found at the Apollo sanctuary at Delphi, the Apollo temple at Halieis, and the sanctuary of Hera and Zeus at Olympia. Though debated, historians believe that the use of these items in

2162-535: Was the Athenian or Attic standard , which weighed a little over 4.3 grams. In the heyday of ancient Greece (the fifth and fourth centuries) the daily wage for a skilled worker or a hoplite was one drachma, and for a heliast (juror) half a drachma since 425 BC. Before the Peloponnesian War (beginning in 431), which caused significant inflation, a laborer might earn one-third of a drachma per day. Modern commentators derived from Xenophon that half

2209-431: Was used for a region inhabited by a tribe of that name and it comprised some mountainous tracts also which were given the same name. Excavations have found the punch marked square coins, a Greek hemidrachm coin of Indo-Greek king Apollodotus I or Apollodotus II (1st and 2nd century BCE ) and one of Antimachus I / Antimachus II (2nd century BCE), a gold coin of Samudragupta (ruled 336-380 CE) and other coins of

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