Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence - A Collection of Extraordinary Treasures | Christie's
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- Rahul Kadakia, Christie’s International Head of Jewellery, introduces some of the many storied pieces from an incredible collection of royal jewels and jewelled objects that’s set to make auction history.
‘This is living history in your hand,’ says Rahul Kadakia, International Head of Jewellery at Christie’s, of a stunning trove of jewels that date back nearly 500 years to the early part of the Mughal dynasty, which ruled in India from 1526 to 1857.
India’s rich culture of jewellery is partly the result of natural circumstance. The mines of Golconda yielded the highest grade of diamonds; Kashmir produced the rarest and most beautiful sapphires; while the greatest emeralds arrived in India from Colombia through commercial exchange via the Portuguese-controlled ports of Goa.
Jewellery in the Mughal tradition was an integral aspect of articulating authority, with eyewitness accounts from the height of the Mughal Empire revealing the extent to which rulers valued gems for their rarity, physical properties and provenance.
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Return the jewelries back to India! The home land of these gems and precious heirlooms!
NO
@@Hermania_ but this treasures are from india... Chutiya
@@Hermania_ 80% of the video was about Maharajas and not mughals. The jewels were from India, including the Kohinoor!
Not to only to india .to the all Sub continent .
@@Hermania_ but these are made by mughals
India is just beyond amazing! India culture is a Jewel beyond splendor to the world!
W eii you should go there to live while you are there help the starving children
Well i hope you are living in India if it is so great
Sorry no more vacancies here
@@patriciacalunniato6872I see you in every comments section😂 who hurt you?... why did you bother to say all of this . It will be useless coz no one really care about what you said literally.
@@flymetotheup9904 well you must be everywhere to see me You will be in church tomorrow just say ten hail Mary for your sins see no evil think no evil don't let the devil be on your side praise the lord
If the British hadn’t invaded, India would certainly have been one of the wealthiest nations on the world
The whole royal family’s wealth comes from proceeds of crime!!
Nothing was ever earned!
Absolutely
Lol
If everyone didnt try to invade Britain they wouldnt invade the world to stop it.
It still is one of the wealthiest nations
India golden era...they were richer than the British
maybe you can pay for those railroads the british left you then....
Dayon Panyalai and then the British came and looted everything the Indian subcontinent has and divided us.
@@No1More1Mr1Nice1Guy1 destruction was more than development.
Railroads at the cost of enslavement, starvation and looting? And the British took more than their share for their railroads. If you think that the colonised countries would not have become modern without them, you are wrong. They could have modernised later.
@@No1More1Mr1Nice1Guy1 the main purpose of the rail road is to take all the looted goods down to the harbour...British made railways for their own convenience and not for public interest...
We the Indians were or are not only rich in material possessions but more so in literature, architecture, heritage and the best above all the geography that showers us with the richness of abundant food source. I love my country
I love India the people the culture the food the music!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
If I could afford to be an art collector, this is what I would buy. Just to have a beautiful piece of history
I saw the collection in Venice Italy 2 years ago. Astonishing jewels.
How lucky.
I saw it in San Francisco, it was so magnificent that it was exhausting to take in...
Bring back All of The India Royalty treasure....
They belong to India, not belong to some private collection.
Indians are the ones who own them and are selling them...
seanzscorpio Are you dumb?
Do you know anything about history or are you dumb like the rest
I have told you before they were not stolen they were gifted to the queen first of all Great Britain Built hospitals railways and civilised your country many years ago now first of all go to a library if you have one and try and learn the true history of your country in fact great Britain is Still giving you all monetary handouts to this day and that must stop your country now is very rich but the government of your country help themselves to it all further more why don't you all concentrate on the children living on the streets of India with no social help and give them just a little care now either go to the library or go and help those poor children
Veena Ashokan ... they looted us.
O my wow! How beautiful .. I love the detail so creative ! India and the Middle East have so much culture and inspiration to pull from..
India culture yes ..middle east ....
Not so sure. Which countries u have in mind.?
You see you still have not answered my question this timr try not avoid it why dont you feed your starving children who live on the streets why In India is there a culture of even to this day beating the shit out of your wives why is there a dreadfull cast system why are poor people beaten by there bosses I can sit here all night asking you questions but you are not going to answer them
Just answer this question first
You have your own culture so now you are calling yourself cultured how is that how can you now answer the questions I just asked you or do you beat yourwife
Really is that why the majority of them leave and try to come here in my lovely country
How were these acquired? Somehow I feel like pieces as beautiful as these wouldn’t be given up willingly.
Edit: does anyone have sources?
They were robbed from India
Absolutely true they were robbed from india
They were sold by the descendants of the maharajas.
Looted by British
@@jimjam6598 the british looted them...
Before all those drain of wealth.. india was rich
The Maharajahs, the Mughal ruling elites were fabulously rich, the vast majority of people were not. Then as now, the wealth of the country was in the hands of 5% of the population.
@@urbaniteurbanizer1612 aren't they Indian. If they were. So India was Rich
@@nghakahauhnar7263 If you're going to judge a country by the wealth held by a minority of the elite, then you can say Africa is a fabulously rich continent or the US is a very rich country (it is not. It's about to be the first 3rd world country of the Western world)!
When silly man
@parvati goswami wasnt it india and pakistan. Have you been reading your history books again well to this day you still are not getting on very well are you go on blame everyone but India tut tut tut it surely is a problem your country thinks the world owes India something but you forget what Great Britain did for you all now stop moaning
Awesome. OUR INDIA WAS GOLDEN BIRD BT UNFORTUNATELY INSIDE A CAGE
What an honor to see such history & beauty together. Thank you for sharing.
Love & Light to ALL..
They are all immensely beautiful.
Should put in the museum..and return it to India
Indeed, the most beautiful jewels I have ever seen.
These designs are on another level. None of the contemporary designers can compete with this.
Today, Indian subcontinent is considered a "developing country", however the technology, earthly goods, wealth and knowledge that is still practiced and stored away in museums and royal houses, shows India was a developed country before all the invaders and British rule. This video being an example and one must check out the unparalleled Indian architecture.
Great gemstones are here👇
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Amazing collection of precious stones and jewelry.
Funny how you need to pay for your own belongings
Its like you own a rolex someone just takes it away from you and YOU just have to pay for it so that someone gives you back your rolex
True 😢
Stunning artistry. 🇨🇦
Absolutely wonderful! Thank you
amazing, divine and pure indulgence.....
Its truly amazing,superexcellent,grand,rich and royally elegant,fine jewellery❤💜💖🧡💛💚💙💝
So stunning!!! BEAUTIFUL! 😍😍😍💖💖💖
Magnificent workmanship!
Spectacular
They robbed everything but they couldn't robe the honor of having the history of it
Poor British 🤔
Poor India children living on the streets of India children being sexually abused on the streets of India crippled people with no one to look after them begging on the streets in India old people with no family to care for them on the streets of India pleading for food get your wonder full government to do something for these poor people get your priorities right nevrr mind about pigging jewels .jewels don't buy food
They Tried as much as they can
@@patriciacalunniato6872but I'm sure these collectors get food with these jewels for sure
And Great Democracy will never Give India Independence
They are still west's slave with democracy in their lan
Tell that to the Muslims who plundered India's wealth first.
You do realise that this is a collection of jewels owned by people from around the world that are being displayed in an exhibition in England? No? Because you are ignorant and the first thing you do is jump on the Colonial bandwagon. MOST of the ‘private collectors’ of these jewels are in the Middle East, in Russia, some in America and a lot in India.
In the meantime as far as Colonial ‘Plunder’ is concerned, you have the lot back and in return we will have the hundreds of millions to the point of trillions of pounds of aid back that we have poured into India for bloody decades in an attempt to lift YOUR POOR out of Squalor. You are the biggest democracy in the world yet are utterly helpless when it comes to kids living in the streets, helplessly corrupt politicians and filthy rich ‘businessmen’ who do not give a shit about their own people.
As for us Poor British I’d suggest you check out our history and what we have actually given to the world. We don’t need your fucking pity. What the hell have you contributed to the modern world or the progress of human beings in it? Absolutely nothing but you have perfected whining about something that was over nearly A CENTURY ago and getting out the bloody begging bowl as soon as somebody mentions it. You can thank Indira Ghandi for that.
We left India politely when asked to,without bloodshed so you could ‘run your own country’ and what have you done with it? It’s still a steaming great shithole where little girls can’t walk around the streets safely for fear of being gang raped and murdered by psychopathic male bullies who despise women. And you STILL expect us to support your poor. We have only recently stopped giving Aid to India when it dawned on our politicians that you arseholes have a space programme yet you can’t look after your own destitute women and children.
Poor backward bloody Indians who can’t lift themselves out of poverty because of a medieval mindset that is terrified of equality, progress and change. You can’t even get rid of your caste system. It was outlawed legally and in the Indian constitution in 1948 yet everybody still practices it. Despite it all you are proud of geological rocks and metals that come out of the little patch of land you happen to live on where they occurred naturally. You didn’t have to invent anything, you didn’t have to create anything yet you talk,about the ‘honour’ of naturally occurring metals and minerals as if you, personally created them. You need to bloody well grow up, stop blaming other people for your poverty and look to your own corrupt politicians and businessmen and ask them where all the money is.
This is a part of history I'm not educated on, so this is actually eye opening to watch. Thank you.
I'd love Christie's to do more auction videos.
Very impressive work of arts. Unbelievable in beauty and professional handcrafted design.
What a marvellous collection of jewelry!
Wow, what an amazing and gorgeous collection. It would be nice to see someone actually put the items to use verses allowing them to collect dust and rot away.
I have fond memories of visiting Hyderabad jewellers with my mum and her friends. Another world. They still produce exquisite things, of course the city is associated with pearls too. Thirty years ago the West wasn't interested in Indian jewellery ...how times change
I know I’m late but I definitely agree. This was only a few years ago, I’m still a bit young. But I remember visiting the shops in Hyderabad , they looked simple on the outside, yet so luxurious inside. The tons of jewels there were really eye catching. Still remember it, it was beautiful
@@sahasrajanga3205 yes modest on outside unlike in Europe/USA. One of the shops [Mullaladil?] made the jewelry for the Nizams. Golconda diamonds[as you know] were the' first' diamonds in the world ....long before the Nizams.[My ancestors are from Andhra Pradesh and Hyderabad and I adore the area].An interesting fact...John F Kennedy jnr stayed in Hyderabad early 80s and his mother swam in the Banjara Hills Hotel! Hyderabad has a fascinating culture and history. Now whites have been discovering it [over 20 yers now] because of tech and computers.
Very..very.. Beautiful💖👌💖super color combination💖💖💖💖💖
I love that the men wore such magnificent jewels.
Yes strange isnt it but don't you think they would look nicer on a lady not a flipping man
Furthermore yes the mughals wore the Diamonds while its people were starving and to this day still are
@@patriciacalunniato6872 for your information no body starved during Mughal era .. politics was the best however after British invaded india they ruined it all .. and since that day till today every man on Indian soil bleeds .. irreversible damage done to the country like a nuclear weapon
That ruby choker necklace is amazing!
Beautiful....
This is the first time Ive seen a dude wear so much bling. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. One thing for sure though: As tacky it may be, this collection still puts the English crown jewels to shame.
Joselito evidently you know nothing about indian culture ,
Tons more are there stored away (known and unknown)even today in Indian Hindu temples
EXcept the koh-i-nor
Even those English CROWN JEWELS are from STATE OF HYDERABAD mainly KOHINOOR DIAMOND
It’s a gorgeous show of wealth and power, if you ask me. You can have all the fancy clothes and lavish houses you want, but nobody but a king can match a string of diamonds the size of a robins egg.
Sublime❤️
Какая красота! Вернуть бы все это Индии! Разграбили все что можно, где можно...
Rahul Kadakia's voice is like a lullaby to my ears
it looks magical !
just stunning
Beautiful history Gems of the world God created
Words cannot describe how beautiful these jewels are.
Incredible!
Very good design and shiny all jewellery wonderful look.
Aaj ki taarikh me.is kp dekhne wale bhi nasib wale hai
So India was once so rich (at least the royalties) and then European came.....
Common people were also very well to do during those times. There were no famines and hunger in India
Before any Islamic invasuons...India was richest on earth..In total of the global wealth - hindu indian subcontinent had a share of more than 35%.
All these studies come from western scholars themselves.
Wish I could step into that magnificent era
OMG EXQUISITE ! Saw jewels like this in a museum in the 90's
These pieces are not only beautiful but they are very practical.
These pieces are not only beautiful and very nice product
Breathtaking
"Wow" fabulous gems, the colours are exquisite l don't know about the history of the Indian jewellery but they are just amazing, hope you do more videos about them.
3:18 that diamond 💎 necklace is mind blowing.
gorgeous stuff
@undwallace enjoyed this very much... xxxooo 🌎🌏🌍😺😺❤️
Wow, beautiful kundan jewelry.After a long time see such a beautiful piece of jewels.
Khoobsoorat Karigari 😍😍
Magnificent in every way.
Fabulous
52 carats!!! Wow flawless from the first diamond mine...............(sorry that’s just drool)
…Still feel somewhat vexatious for not buying the emeralds at the streets of Bogota… Possibly, later on they could be finding their destiny somewhere amongst the Mughal epoch theme designed jewelry in India… Hysterically magnificent Masterpieces of the Jewelry Art!!!
Wonder who were the jewellers, magnificent work
Gorgeous!
Wonderful 🙏🙏🙏
fantastic ......
Fantastic
The met in nyc dazzled with these!
Wow so beautiful and great.
You forgot to say... And they all were looted or forced to surrender.
no,the brits took them by their own
Beautiful 😍
nice story ..nice memo
The fact that this is an add... that there are people SHOPPING these items is mind-boggling.
Lovely I hope they been looked after
These items belong in a public museum or collection, for all people to see, admire and study on. It should be illegal to sell these treasures to private nouveaux-riches collectors to be stored away in some safe.
Great video! But that’s not the Nizam of Hyderabad at 2:09. That would be the Maharaja Ripudaman Singh of Nabha.
Wow so beautiful
I saw the exhibit "Art of the Mughal Empire" at U.C. Berkeley in the 1980s when my ship was at a port call in Alameda. I didn't see anything of this caliber. It was mostly paintings. I would love to see these jewels up close.
Wow
Beautifuls jewellrys
멋찝니다~~~
May i know where are they displayed at ??
Can I borrow the diamond necklace for a while, I got tv you can hold for colIateral;pinky promise I'll bring it back.
Hah!!!
cute girl 🧐
Yeah sure , I am from the royal dynasty of Mewar and my uncle possess tonnes of them . . His highness name is Arvind Singh Mewar
This clearly shows how bad the colonization by the European monarchs.
Look up the video "What the British Did to India" by Alt Hype. Or how the Muslim invasion fundamentally changed India.
I love.
The perfect word for English people... thief... don't show it Plz... ha ha ha...
@Denise Bond as if in England no wife is beaten and burnt ever! Ha ha ha
The Al-Thani collection?
Petro money 🛢️⛽💰
Martin and that is where they all are in Asia not united kingdom our Royal Family do not steal Diamonds and Rubies from India but the majority of Indians are taught this in school and they grow up thinking this sad as it is if that was the only thing to worry about
India is rich even today by heart❤️ that's important to have most...❤️ How many IDIANS agree if so do put a like🙏
Holy Cow! Think of the jewels that we do not know about! That diamond is unearthly.
Please add Nizam of Hyderabad's photo at appropriate place. Regards
0:46 who knows the name of that painting?
Purely incredible🦚🇨🇮🦚🇨🇮🦚🇨🇮🦚🇨🇮🦚🇨🇮🦚🇨🇮🦚🇨🇮🦚
India was not poor as the British portray….the jewels speak for themselves….. and there were many more than this in India
From India to the British people now on auction which will end up to a new different owners, History scattered.
Nice 😊👍
give them back...
Why?
Return them back to India!!