Fancy Jewellery India, Indian Traditional jewellery

Jewellery in India has been an unbroken tradition for over 5,000 years. The skilled Indian jewellers have recreated the gifts of nature in gold and silver. In early India, people handcrafted jewellery out of natural materials found in abundance all over the country. Seeds, feathers, leaves, berries, fruits, flowers, animal bones, claws and teeth was gathered and artistically transformed into fine body jewelry. Even today such jewellery is used by the different tribal societies.

 India was the leading exporter of gemstones, particularly diamonds. Gold was usually imported into the country. In India jewellery is made practically for every part of the body. The range of traditional jewellery in India varies from religious one to purely aesthetic one. A collection of earrings in various sizes, bangles of bone and ivory along with silver bracelets, pendants and necklaces, nose rings, and heavy anklets are worn by mostly in Western India.

Meenakari and kundan are the styles of jewellery making influenced by the Mughals and are usually used in combination to make jewellery that can be worn on both sides. The story of handcrafted Indian jewellery is long and absorbing. Indian traditional jewellery is one of its kinds in beauty and quality.