For more than 5,000 years, jewelry has played a very important role in Indian culture, and India is also one of the rich mines of important jewelry. Diamonds have been the most important mineral since ancient times, and India once had three diamond producing areas, and produced many diamonds praised by later generations, such as the famous Hope and Koh-i-Noor, all of which were produced in the famous Golconda mining area in India.

In India, behind jewelry culture are more religious and metaphysical meanings. We are concerned about the Mughal period in India. Babur (1February 48314-1February 26, 530) established the Mughal Empire in India on 1526. In the Mughal era, India not only paid attention to the appearance of jewelry, but also attached great importance to the religious, metaphysical and social significance of these precious materials. Many beautifully designed jewels in India are to commemorate the Hindu gods such as Allah and Shiva, Vishnu and Krishna. It is precisely because it is related to religion that Indian jewelry pays special attention to quality, because Indians firmly believe that only the finest gems and the purest gold can arouse strong power to worship the gods and act as amulets to ward off evil spirits.

Jewelry with Indian culture. On this exquisite pendant, the Hindu god Krishna is flanked by his two wives, Rugmini and Satya Bama.

At the same time, different patterns of jewelry have different meanings. Similar to some exquisite wedding necklaces, snakes or fish patterns are used to symbolize many children.

Everyone must be familiar with the picture of Indian women wearing nose rings, because in Indian jewelry culture, the meaning of wearing nose rings is the happiness of husband and wife, so whether to wear nose rings has become a symbol of whether Indian women are married or not.

Different kinds of jewelry have different meanings in Indian jewelry culture.

Red represents blood, that is, the vitality of various animals. Taking ruby as an example, spinel and ruby occupy an indispensable position in Indian jewelry culture. Ruby and spinel have been mixed together for most of Indian history, but it was later confirmed that 170 carat British black prince ruby and 352 carat Timur ruby from Badak Mountain were actually spinel.

In India, green represents strong vitality. /kloc-In the 6th century, with the rise of the Mughal Empire, the pursuit of emeralds in Indian jewelry culture became popular. Now Jaipur, India is the global emerald cutting center, which also proves from the side that India has been chasing emeralds.

Let's look at the blue gem. In many cultures, blue sapphires are regarded as the source of wisdom, prophecy and strength. However, due to the influence of ancient Hindu astrology, blue sapphire is usually associated with dark and chaotic Saturn. If not handled properly, sapphire will cause trouble to the wearer. However, although both of them belong to the sapphire family, yellow sapphire represents wealth, wisdom and health, and the difference in this meaning is naturally related to color.