History Of Mughal Period

The Mughal Empire was founded in 1526, by Zahiruddin

Muhammad Babur (14831530), after the defeat of Ibrahim Shah
Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans, at the First Battle of Panipat.

The Mughal Dynasty reached its zenith under Jalaluddin
Mohammed Akbar (15421605), who was credited for the
greatest expansion of the empire, and fostering harmonic relations
between the Muslim and Hindu factions.

India's Maharajahs were fabulously wealthy, and their taste in
architecture, clothing and jewelry reflected their desire to project
that image of wealth.
It was during the 15th and 16th centuries that the Europeans,
particularly the Portuguese, developed a keen interest in the
mineral wealth of India, especially when it came to India's prized
emeralds, rubies, and Golconda diamonds, also known as vajra,
which is the Sanskrit for "thunderbolt."

By the end of the 16th century, Britain, Portugal, the Netherlands,
and France had all established trading posts throughout India.

The Mughal Empire began to crumble under pressure from the
Marathas (Mahrattas, Maranthas), who were an an Indo-Aryan
group of Hindu warriors from the central-western state of
Maharashtra.
Kinds of J ewelleries Used During
the Period of Mughal Empire
Forehead jewellery

The form of art is a gold set with diamonds
and rubies, enamelled on the back, and with
baroque pendant pearls from the North India
made in the 18th century.






Nose ring

This nose ring is a gilt metal set with a pearl
and with applied wire and granulation from the
19th century. The nose ring is usually worn by
married women and, though now seen as
quintessentially Indian, seems to have been
introduced into the subcontinent from abroad.









Earing

This is a gold filigree and silver set with
diamonds; pendants of pearls, green glass
and emeralds, strands of pearls and rubies.
This ornament was made from hollow gold,
with applied geometric elements from
Tamilnadu in the 20th century.





Ear ring
Necklace
This is an enamelled gold and silver
pendant set with rubies, emeralds, natural
white sapphires and rock crystal, strands of
pearls and emerald with two rubies. Necklaces
like this could have been made at almost any
time in the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries.
Long chain
Rings
This thumb ring is an engraved gold set with
rubies and emeralds, enamelled in opaque
colours on the inside and it is unequivocally a
courtly piece. In shape and material, it relates
closely to the thumb ring worn by Shah Jahan in
the portrait of 1620 in the Metropolitan Museum
of Art.

Bangle
Hip jewel
Anklet
The armlet is an enamelled gold set with
an emerald, yellow beryl`s (heliodor), pale
emeralds and seed pearls made in Moghul
India during the second half of the 18th
century. This armlet would have been tied on
to the upper arm.
Foot wear