jewelry Boxes For Women: Bringing a Bit of the beautiful Indian Royalty Styles

If you could go back in time, one of the things that would be worth seeing is the jewelry boxes for women of the Indian royal families. India’s tryst with jewel making is one of the oldest and goes all the way back to the Indus Valley civilization. Gold earrings, necklaces as well as bracelets were already made at this time.

One of the most important eras of the jewelry making history of this country was that of the Mughal empire. The main person in the functioning of the state was the Maharaja and he was believed to have divine powers. Therefore, only he was believed worthy of wearing a lot of jewelry.

The most popular of jewelry forms worn by the Maharaja was the Navratna (meaning nine gems). This was an amulet made of nine precious stones. Diamond, pearl, ruby, sapphire, emerald, topaz, cat’s eye, coral, and red zircon are the nine gems.

The diamond, the most powerful of stones is cut in many number of ways. Diamonds had a lot of significance attached to them by Mughal Emperors. They even thought it to be their path to immortality and even had their names as well as titles inscribed on to it.

Turbans were adorned with these and even used in the making of rings, necklaces and amulets. European styles inspired from the Renaissance period were how the kings’ rings were made. Thumb rings had a common pattern of a scrolling leaf on the inside.

This was a time when turban jewelry made a debut. The jewelry of Emperor Akbar was a mix of Iranian as well as European cultures. Kalghi or turban plume created out of gold threads and also found in Safavid paintings were made at this time.

The king wore necklaces that were made only of pearls, sometimes mixed with gemstones and gold and sometimes of all elements. When Jahangir came to power, using a heavy stone of pearl or ruby along with the plume came into fashion. Gold slippers were another thing the kings of those times used to wear.

Several medieval accounts tell of the Kings of Tanjore who wore minimal clothing laced with jewels. The loin cloth worn by the King of Maabar had emeralds, rubies as well as sapphires. He even had a necklace created out of 104 pearls and which came all the way to his waist.

Several styles have come about thanks to the amount of attention paid to jewelry among Indian royalty. The Meenakari and Kundan styles were created by the Mughal. Human head beads and funnel-like designs were some of the designs by the royalty among the Nagas.

The trousseau of women in Indian royalty had jewelry as an important component. Women came to their husband’s palaces with jewelry boxes made of marble, lacquer, onyx etc, filled with their jewelry. The jewelry cases were further decorated with hand carvings, precious stones etc.

Jewelry is still central to Indian cultures. It is integral to every auspicious organization.

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