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 goodly parakj which in fact constitutes her dowry* The silver Celtic brooch, described above, worn in certain of the Himalayan regions, is originally Tibetan*

Allusion has also been made above to the archaic silver jewelry of the Gauds, and at Sambalpur in the Central Provinces large quantities of these rude ornaments both in silver and gold are made*

In the Bombay Presidency the massive jewelry of Ahmedabad, square and padlock-looking, or round and ring-like, prevails all over Gujarat; nose-rings and ear-pendants, armlets, and neck- laces, bracelets, zones, and immense anklets covered with bells. In the Dakhan the Marathas wear the graceful head ornaments called kitak, nag, chandani , phal^ and mohr, and an armlet of a peculiar shape, caused by giving it a bend, by which it more firmly grasps the arm* Their anklets are chain-like, and altogether lighter and more refined than those worn by the Gujarat women, Plate 51 illustrates forms of necklaces and anklets commonly seen about Poona* The M aho mined an s and Pars is of Bombay have ornaments peculiar to themselves, the Mahore medans in the Mogol style of India, and the Pars is of the traditional forms of the Sassanian period in Persia, but wrought by Hindu jewellers* Unfortunately, being an energetic, advancing people, the Parsis have, during the last fifty years, begun to give up this national jewelry in favour of the fashionable jewelry of Europe* The repousse gold jewelry of Sawantwadi [Plate 50] in mythological designs is the best in Western India.

In the Madras Presidency superb gold and silver ornaments are made, as previously stated, at Tumkur in Mysore, and at Yizianagram [Plate 52] and Yizagapatam, and also at Tanjore, all in the mythological designs characteristic of Southern India. One of the best artists in this style twenty years ago were Messrs* a Yencatrungaraioo and Son, of Teroovatee, Eswer-Pattah/’ Madras* I used often to see his handiwork in Bombay* The gold jewelry of Trichinopoly, celebrated among Anglo-Indians,