The Indian royalty, just like its culture, was varied and colorful. But one thing that all its members shared was their fascination with opulent jewelry. Be it Maharajas in the north and the west, ...

On his visit to China with his father and uncle, the legendary Venetian explorer and merchant, Marco Polo met Kublai Khan, the fifth khagan emperor of the Mongol Empire and the founder of the Yuan ...

Using coins as jewelry objects, known as Gemme Numari—coin gems or nummary gems—dates back to Ancient Rome. As people traveled around the world, the coins they collected made wonderful souvenirs th...

Gold jewelry crafted in intricate metalwork; fine strands of gold used to make elaborate, eye-catching designs—what you’re looking at here, is Filigree, an elaborate form of jewelry-making that is ...

If you want to see what a grounded, simple Punjabi wedding looked like, you could give Mira Nair’s 2001 masterpiece, Monsoon Wedding a watch. The colors, the events, the decorations, the dresses—ev...

Marriages, for a long time, are required to have some form of jewelry as a marital symbol that the woman never removes during her married life, until widowhood. One such jewelry piece is the perman...