Show HOARDING BOARDING IN INDIA the th form which it takes the th natives prefer gold chambers journal it is difficult to estimate the amount of gold heared in india bat but it was approximated before the royal commission on bimetallism at which waa was the amount imported during the last fifty yeara yeam and ia is exclusive of the hoards boards for centuries past the silver was computed at about this yields for both gold and silver a sum of which represents nearly one third of the value of the total amount of coin estimated by dr boet beer to be ill in circulation in the world the form which the boarding hoarding takes is that of bullion or coin coin and frequently used for the purpose of adornment and partly purpose kept apt as a board As a rule the native prefers it in the form of 0 ornaments rna ments for his family because it is a board and it is also a source of gratification to them to poetess possess these ornaments the simplest form of jewel or ornament worn by the motives is the thick gold or silver wire twisted into bangles or bracelets the latter are made by the silversmith to whom the poor hindmo betakes betakas himself when he has saved a few rupees these thes e are goon soon melted and beaten up int into 0 are the it nece necessary esary article of ornament and blared silver is also hammered into broa broaches chei and torques in amita diun tiun of knotted grass and leaves while 4 hile amleta anklets danklets and such suchlike liaf are freely fabricated solid said or hollow gold lumps in the lorm form oi of cubes and aud octahedrons strung on red silk appear as another form of boarding and the gods of india which are mat many y absorb couch much of the molten gold and silver of the country one notable design is is called swami and consi of oroa orna of figures of 11 hindmo I 1 n 1 doo 0 0 gods in high ilief beaten out f from r the surface sur aurba fabe ce or or fixed by solid or screws in southern Sout india there are vast stores of gold and silver in the temples the poor people have no strong boxes or safes in which to place their valuables and so they generally put their hard cash and ornaments within brais lotas or baha gunas and then bury them underground somewhere in the room in which they sleep pre preferring ferring tor for this purpose the grou ground d below their beds or disused wells tells and other out of the way places jewelry stands high commercially il india for it always alway 11 command commands i a a ready sale A jewel there ia is a veritable Joy giver as the origon of the word implies it is reckoned the most solid kind of weather and fortunes are never counted without estimating the value of the stock of jewels they perform a great matrimonial function the poorest bride having her dowry often equal in value to several years of the bridegrooms bride grooms income one of the greatest boasts of the jewelry owner is that bis his hoards boards are not taxed for he may be possessed of jewelry worth rupees and yet pay no income tax for the simple reason that the hoards yield him no income but boards hoards take also the form of coined money and bullion or bars ot of gold as well as jewelry at the present time it is believed that of british sovereigns igns are hoarded boarded in india chiefly in the bombay presidency where the impression on them of st george and the tile dragon appears to be valued on oil religious grounds there are also vast quantities odthe of the native coinage stored the being the principal cinci coin in hoards it is of of gold and of the weight and fineness of a silver rupee its value being about this boarding absorbs all the gold that pours into india and very much of the silver although the latter is the circulating medium As the natives get wel wealthy they prefer gold |