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Pandya Dynasty. Kingdom of Polonnaruwa. Kakatiya Empire. Eastern Ganga Dynasty. Melayu Kingdom. Venad. Hoysala Empire. The Chola Empire, which is often referred to as the Imperial Cholas, [1] was a medieval Indian, thalassocratic empire that was established by the Chola dynasty that rose to prominence during the middle of the ninth century and ...
The main trade route leading into Han China passed first through Kashgar, yet Hellenized Bactria further west was the central node of international trade. By the 1st century AD, Bactria and much of Central Asia and North India were controlled by the Kushan Empire. Silk was the main export item from China to India.
Shanxi merchants. Shanxi merchants, also known as Jin merchants ( Chinese: 晋商; pinyin: Jìnshāng ), were the group of merchants from Shanxi province, China. Jin is an abbreviated name of Shanxi. Even though the history of noticeable Shanxi merchants can be dated back to as early as the Spring and Autumn period, more than 2000 years ago ...
Economy of the Song dynasty. A Northern Song coin ( sheng song yuan bao 聖宋元寶) The economy of the Song dynasty (960–1279) has been characterized as the most prosperous in the world at the time. [1] The dynasty moved away from the top-down command economy of the Tang dynasty (618–907) and made extensive use of market mechanisms as ...
The Maurya Empire ( Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥𑁂, Māgadhe [21]) was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia based in Magadha Modern day Bihar. It was the fourth ruling dynasty of Magadh Founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE, it existed in loose-knit fashion until 185 BCE. [22]
The economy of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) of China was one of the largest in the world during that period. [citation needed] It is regarded as one of China's three major golden ages (the other two being the Han and Tang periods). The period was marked by the increasing political influence of the merchants, the gradual weakening of imperial ...
Kingdom of Nepal. The Malla dynasty ( Nepali: मल्ल वंश:;Malla vanśa) also known as the Malla confederacy, was the ruling dynasty of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal from 1201 to 1779. This dynasty was founded by Arideva Malla. Though the latter Mallas were regarded as belonging to the Raghuvamsha dynasty, they were also seen as ...
On 16 February 1929, the Nationalist government adopted and promulgated The Weights and Measures Act to adopt the metric system as the official standard and to limit the newer Chinese units of measurement (Chinese: 市用制; pinyin: shìyòngzhì; lit. 'market-use system') to private sales and trade in Article 11, effective on 1 January 1930 ...