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Heritage of gold jewellery - Tithe Farhana

A valuable metal, gold has yellow colour and lustre which is always bright as it is not affected by oxidisation. In Bengal the famous terracotta female figure from Tamluk with its elaborate gold jewellery, costume and headdress is an example of the art of the Sunga period dating from 2nd-1st century BC. Discovery of fragments from the ruins of Mahasthan of Bogra leads us to consider that the costume and jewellery displayed on the figures were those used all over the country during the early years of Christian era.
 
   During Mughal rule
   The gold jewellery making flourished as a result of the patronage of the Mughal Subadars, their courtiers and the gentry who formed the aristocracy of Bengal. Europeans travellers, who visited various parts of the Mughal Empire, were amazed at the profusion of gold ornaments used by people of that time. Famous French traveller Francois Bernier who visited Bengal towards the middle of the 17th century, remarked that �the empire was an abyss of gold and silver which were melted to fabricate woman�s bracelets both for hands and feet, charms, earrings, nose and finger rings etc. the quality of these articles made is incredible.�
 
   Jewellers of precious metal
   Swarnakar�or goldsmith or silversmith produces innumerable silver or gold jewellery such as churi (bangle), bajuband (armlet), haar (necklace), hansuli (ornament for the neck), sinthipati (ornament put on the head in the parting of hair), dool (earring), kanpasha (ear ornament), nolak (nose-ring), noth (big nose ring put on the nostril), nakchhabi (small star-shaped ornament put on the nostril), mol (anklet) etc. According to world gold council information, around the world 80 per cent of the total goldsmiths and designers are Bengali.
   There are around 400 gold shops and factories at Tanti Bazaar in downtown Dhaka, most of whom have been run by Hindu goldsmiths since the market was founded in the 18th century. But goldsmiths at Shankhari Bazaar and Tanti Bazaar are changing their profession day by day.��The two market places once were famous for gold jewellery where the goldsmiths had possessed their skills in jewellery-making mostly from their forefathers who were expert at traditional Indian and Pakistani gold ornament designs.�But many goldsmiths are changing their profession as they are not interested now to continue the gold jewellery manufacturing business because of soaring gold price which shrinks the gold market.�Some jewellers at Tanti Bazar said individual goldsmiths who had their own shops or small business had to close down their business as they were counting losses.
   The goldsmiths have spoken out that condition of business is not acceptable and surpassing a transition period. At Tanti bazaar today, the only business that is thriving are the pawnshops as people, affected by the impact of the global recession, come to mortgage their assets for much needed cash.
   Price hike is another major reason for unsatisfactory condition of goldsmiths. Gold jewellery sales dropped by more than 50 percent in the past three years. The local consumption has declined to 10-12 tonnes a year then five years back and so the annual turnover of the jewellers has also marked a fall. Presently, the annual market size of gold jewellery is around Tk 3,000 crore. Small gold jewellery makers, designers and traders now increasingly opt for producing silver jewellery, as demand for alternatives, including silver and gold-plated jewellery is growing fast.
   Nowadays, Indians are opting for extremely lit showrooms with marble floors, glass display cases and professional salespeople�preferably at a company whose brand name implies social status and wealth. Famous companies in Western jewellery such as DeBeers, Tiffany and Cartier have also moved into India since 1997 when overseas banks and bullion suppliers were allowed to import gold. According to the International Monetary Fund, about 15,000 tonnes of gold are privately held in India.

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  1. You typically send your the item to the pawn shop, allow them a couple days to inspect the item and ensure that it has the value that you originally claimed, and then they will confirm the value and offer you a lower interest rate loan. Once you have repaid your loan, the pawn shop will return your item back to you. This is particularly popular to people that would rather not lose the item that they are using in their time of financial crisis.
    Raleigh pawn shops

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