Religion in Chalcolithic Cultures
By the second millennium B.C. several regional cultures sprang up in different parts of the Indian subcontinent. These were non-urban, non-Harappan and were characterized by the use…
Agriculture, Trade and Commerce in Chalcolithic Cultures
The Chalcolithic cultures flourished during the third millennium and second millennium B.C. Some of these cultures were contemporary with the Harappan culture and other were decidedly later…
Chalcolithic Culture : Regions and Features
The end of the Neolithic period saw very different kind of developments in different areas. While in the Indus and Saraswati valleys there emerged, though slowly, a…
Delimitation : Commission, Acts and Constitutional Provisions
What does delimitation mean? Delimitation literally means the act or process of fixing limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies in a country or a province having a…
The Vedic literature – Vedas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanishads
Veda means “knowledge”. The Vedas are neither any individual religious work nor a collection of definite number of books compiled at a particular time. The Vedic literature…
Bhasa – the Famous Sanskrit Poet
Bhasa is one of the oldest known classical playwrights in the history of Sanskrit literature and may well be known as the father of Sanskrit drama. A…
Major Stages of the Life Cycle of Stars
Stars are not unchanging objects – they don’t last for ever. They are born, evolve and die. What determines the life cycle of a star? A star’s…
What is Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligations (CBLO)?
What is a Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligations (CBLO)? Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligations (CBLO) is a money market instrument that represents an obligation between a borrower…
Definition and Types of Money Market Instruments
Money market instruments are financial contracts that are traded in the money market for periods of less than a year. Money market instruments include call money, repos,…
Money Market : Classification, Instruments, Significance, Advantages and Disadvantages
What is Money market? Money market refers to that part of the financial market where financial instruments with high liquidity and short-term maturities are traded. Money market…