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| Home > History of Jewellery > Jewellery in Ancient India > Other Jewellery
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 Relic Container
Small gold boxes, usually cylindrical, were often placed in stone reliquaries as containers for the actual relics; in this case one can see bone fragments and two small beads, for illustrations of a superb stone reliquary and its contents, including several little gold boxes.
Amulet Case
This case is made from gold with garnets and was found in Ahin Posh, near Jalalabad, Afghanistan and in use from the 2nd till the 3rd century AD. The openings on this eight-sided cylinder are backed with garnets, as are those on the two ends, one of which can be opened. Such cylindrical amulet cases were worn on a cord that could be seen on the chests of the bejeweled Bodhisattvas of the Gandhara period.
Part of a Bracelet
 This bracelet is made from gold with sapphires and was given in Bodhgaya, Bihar by Sir Alexander Cunningham and was used in the early centuries AD. Small gold conch shells link the three gold flowers with sapphire centres. This bracelet was part of a deposit in a ball of clay found below the Enlightenment Throne during restoration in 1880-81 at the Mahabodhi Temple, on the site where Buddha achieved enlightenment.
Sunburst Ornament (Brooch)
This is a Gold set with a cabochon stone. Here, the stone is surrounded by a complicated and very distinctive arrangement of granules and thin gold strips, all mounted on a flat gold plate.
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