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Neelum (spelt also Neelam; Urdu: نیلم) is a district of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] It is the northernmost of 10 districts located within the Pakistani-administered territory of Azad Kashmir.
The following nomenclature was prevalent in North India until the metric system was established: 4 Chāwal (grain of rice) = 1 Dhan (weight of one wheat berry) 4 Dhan = 1 Ratti (seed of the 'Abrus precatorius' plant, called 'Surkh' by Abul Fazl in Ain-i-Akbari.). 8 Ratti = 1 Masha 3 Masha (24 Ratti/96 Dhan) = 1 Tak
Ratti (Sanskrit: raktika) is a traditional Indian unit of measurement for mass. Based on the nominal weight of a Gunja seed (Abrus precatorius), it measured approximately 1.8 or 1.75 grains [1] [2] or 0.1215 g as standardized weight. [3] It is still used by jewellers in the Indian Subcontinent.
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Ratti based measurement is the oldest measurement system in the Indian subcontinent. The smallest weight in the Indus Valley civilization was equal to 8 rattis and were the bases for the weight standards for the first Indian coins in the seventh century BC. Ratti and is still used in India as Jewellers weight. [19]
Upper Neelam (Also spelled Neelum) (Urdu: نیلم ) is a village in Neelam District, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located 93 km (58 mi) from Muzaffarabad and 9 km (5.6 mi) from Athmuqam Tehsil on the bank of Neelum River at the altitude of 1,524 m (5,000 ft).
The India–Pakistan border is the official international boundary that demarcates the Indian states of Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat from the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh. The Wagah border is the only road crossing between India and Pakistan and lies on the famous Grand Trunk Road, connecting Lahore, Pakistan with Amritsar, India.
This is a comparison between Indian states and countries by gross domestic product (PPP). Many of the states of India have large GDP (called gross state product ) which would rank highly on a list of countries by GDP.