Why the Maharajas Are Considered the Original Kings of Bling

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In 18th and 19th Century India, male rulers wore sparkling #jewelry to show off their wealth and power. The large jewels included #diamonds, #rubies and #emeralds worn almost exclusively by men - specifically, the kings and princes known as "maharajas."
NBC Bay Area Digital Video Journalist Jonathan Bloom takes you to San Francisco's Legion of Honor, where an exhibition of Indian royal jewels is being held.
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@John081590 5 лет назад

What I like about the traditional wear, especially in South Asia is their use of embellishments that may seem feminine in western standards. They use rich embroidery, jewels, mirrors, feathers, etc, for the male attire, and they look stunning and regal.

@gihankanishka 5 лет назад

Indeed they did. Just like the peacock

@John081590 5 лет назад

@@gihankanishka Yes. So beautiful.

@bperez8656 Год назад

Old European culture didn’t see it as feminine and then something made it change

@haileeraestout5567 3 месяца назад

In Hindu Mythology Ma Laxmi Is Known As The Goddess Of Wealth And She's Married To Sri Vishnu

@Jenvlogs404 2 месяца назад

personally think it’s because dharma believes in all, therefore more celebratory or colorful

@r.22r 2 года назад

Well it wasnt just men. In India, everyone wore jewellery like that. Men ,women and children.you can look up images for this ... everyone from royalty to tribals and farmers is loaded in jewellery of one kind or another. Its been a huge part of our culture, and continues to be so.

@n2lentertainmentn2l76 5 лет назад

India has the most valuable stories and most precious stones plentiful rich from Hindu goddess draped in jewels to the factual stories of forbidden doors holding mounds of gold

@khanpak7607 5 лет назад

Bro it was Muslim India they took the wealth not hindu India before British came it was Muslim used to rule India and when British they distroy muslim empire give power to hindu whitch they never rule India it was Muslim for 1000 years rule the problem is when people mention India they think it hindu history that’s how hindu lie to world they don’t say Muslim empire even tajmahal was build by Muslim empire but because British came give power to hindu now hindu show to the world all the Muslim arts and culture from diamond to stone they say India so people will say its hindu read the history India never exited them say it’s British made india in to one India they have diffrent culture with diffrent language

@anshulmishra5633 5 лет назад

@@khanpak7607 you're a religious bigot... May you spiral out of your petty thinking

@aloksharma4912 5 лет назад

@@khanpak7607 and yes asshole india aur hindustan never existed it only existed after muslims and brits bcus It was bharat it is bharat and will be akahand bharat always...padhai karle sahi se bhek ki jamin aur roti pe palne walo..aaj zinda ho aur rehre ho just bcus of bharat..barbad kar diya tha tumhare converted porwajo ne bc desh ko. Sale fattu converted chutiye!

@My360passion 5 лет назад

@@khanpak7607 you idiot don't know nothing about india because you just read kuran not history of bharat

@syedmedia3573 3 года назад

@@My360passion bro don't say anything thing anyone's religion, he is a Pakistani first then muslim understand that first 👍

@faizsk864 4 года назад

Its not east meets west , it should be West looted East .

@imperatoraurelian3410 3 года назад

West meets east, knocks out east, Rob's it and runs away

@davidsimonyan5794 3 года назад

*Britain. Others were saints compared with it

@jessiejoseph1093 3 года назад

The ruling family of Qatar owned all these pieces, not a westerner...as it happens.

@madhuchoudhary9655 3 года назад

Someone would have looted them eventually, we have no dearth of corporate or political criminals in east . At least in western culture , some of these end up in museums for the common folks to see .

@royalbloodedledgend 3 года назад

Boohoo snowflake

@TJ-sc1pm 5 лет назад

Then the British came and brutally stole them of it.....

@biplav32 5 лет назад

They didn't steal them. They won it.

@johnmichaelperey7806 5 лет назад

Yes they looted it.

@aloksharma4912 5 лет назад

@@biplav32 you're a crazy lunatic who doesn't know the difference btwn winning, stealing and cheating...get lost!

@biplav32 5 лет назад

@@aloksharma4912 British won whole India.

@tingidol7275 5 лет назад

indian rulers are brutal to its people, thats why british punish them and get what they deserve.

@brotherfromanothermother4168 5 лет назад

I am Maratha from Maharashtra.. India I just want my great king CHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJA'S BHAVANI SWORD... Keep the Diamonds but pls return sword.

@naeemmohd818 3 года назад

KYO BAAKI NAHI CHAHIE .........GADHA

@Yours_agrwl_099 3 года назад

Bhai fikr mt kro ek din so lenge 🇮🇳

@सज्जनपुरुष 2 года назад

are u crazy we want all the looted wealth and jewelry from brits

@hrishikaverma3431 2 года назад

No return it with diamonds of legend sword of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

@pravinjadgeri6980 Год назад

It's not the way to ask for our own things. But we have to take it with sence of authority and ownership.

@benfrankdalist2709 5 лет назад

Damn those thieves . And they said that Sapphire and all these diamonds and rubies and pearls came from the heavens......

@judahbiauniceva9553 5 лет назад

🤣🤣🤣👊🏾

@alokeshkachari2628 5 лет назад

You are absolutely truth

@mstelios4259 4 года назад

Damn, even the eagles were blinged out

@henrylivingstone2800 6 месяцев назад

They’re hawks not eagles

@marcusrattray1158 5 лет назад

Traders, pay for an army? Stop twisting the truth. Britian raided India. Maharajas where fighting the British military Invaders. They ended up losing thought putting up a good fight. They where then forced to fork over their wealth to the crown and dramatically scale down their armies. All the crown jewels and most of the British crown gemstone jewelry where recuts of stolen or extorted Indian gemstone. I like that they're giving India some spotlight but don't fudge the truth in your favor.

@Joker1rulervids 5 лет назад

History is written by winners whether you like it or not

@Marko-od7eb 5 лет назад

@@Joker1rulervids And the truth is written by historians.

@muhammadzulfikar8860 5 лет назад

@@Marko-od7eb of which is very rare and some got locked up for writing the truth..... Better more, why don't you write a true history and spend your life in research and only to see the end for yourself is very likely bitter......

@Speedy300 5 лет назад

marcus rattray I know they took and rape but today, they are the civilized and fathers of the civil right activists😂😂😂

@karthiksanthosh9385 3 года назад

main cuz of mahrajas fail cuz of betrayers inside

@parveztirandaz9291 5 лет назад

Million or billions rs value daimon jewelry & gold looted england from India & show in museums shem on

@mikhael7221 5 лет назад

It's actually trillions

@ordieloved 5 лет назад

@@mikhael7221 It's actually not, it's billions. Which is nothing. The moste valuable of gems in the world are only in the millions, so Indian gems etc wouldn't bring more than a few billion.

@Island1-b5h Год назад

@@ordieloved actually it is 75 Trillion 😊

@othmanelmalki1317 2 года назад

THE WAY THE DIAMONDS ARE CUTTED SHOWS THE BEST CLARITY OF STONES IN THE WORLD. BRILLIANT WORK FROM BRILLIANT HOLY JEWELRY HANDS. AMAZING

@leifruckwardt9990 5 лет назад

It would be nice to watch a longer and well made documentary about this topic, there is nearly no such thing to find here on RU-vid. It could be a devided into several parts, starting with the history of the Maharajas, their wealth which gave them the possibility to create those treasures, and last but least the happy cooperation between the Maharajas and jewelry houses like Cartier. So even if the jewels were symbols of great power, they are a national heritage and pieces of art on a very high level as well. And my last wish for a documentary about the Indian jewels and or Maharajas - ONLY in HD quality please.

@globalcitizenn Год назад

Thank you for mentioning the British Royals appropriated the Indian style of Royal jewelry

@jeromelombardo6053 5 лет назад

Then the Brits came and stole mostly everything. I had much respect for the British Royal family at one point.....but then I saw the film Victoria and Abdul and what they did to him after The Queen well was just mean. I think they should return every piece of jewelry back to India.

@FatBellyChemist1234 4 года назад

I used to have respect to the earthly British royals, until Diana's case of divorce and death.

@umai21 5 лет назад

Will all this wealth... return to india?

@caligulalonghbottom2629 5 лет назад

These Maharajahs were complicit and most of the diamonds and gems that made their way to the British royals etc were gifts fromthem...

@Sajjatayaan 5 лет назад

You should visit Nizam's jewellery collection in Hyderabad, you will be shocked! I've been!

@marcos455ferro3 5 лет назад

nop

@YourGraceMyLady 5 лет назад

TuTOk I wish the US government would give the Lakota Sioux their gold back. They broke the Ft Laramie treaty after gold was found on sacred land and thousands of white settlers moved onto Indian land, illegally. Sad, a lot of the Sioux were killed for gold

@Reflectionsization 5 лет назад

A lot of hate on this post. From a non-bias oppinion

@bitTorrenter 5 лет назад

There was no Queen Alexandra. There was King Edward VII. Alexandra was the Queen Consort. Just as there no King Philip. He is a Prince Consort.

@m.andersonnicholls1734 3 года назад

Technically he isn't incorrent and indeed there was a Queen Alexandra as she was Queen. He never specifically said or implied she was Queen Regnant. A Queen Consort and a Queen Regnant are BOTH Queens - though by different means.

@normasouthwood3182 2 года назад

She was Queen Consort.

@nijiranarzary9066 Год назад

I'm proud to be an indian ... Jai bharat mata ki 🙏🔥

@ex_muslimapostate3676 Год назад

Have you ever wondered if britsh looted India than how come these kings live such luxurious life ... There is nothing to be proud of when Common people suffered and these britsh collaborators enjoy there levish life .... And you are proud of that😏😏😏

@calistafalcontail 2 месяца назад

One of the most unsafe (and dirty) countries for women...no thank you, this r*pe culture is out of control.

@MohamedHassan-ni6un 5 лет назад

Divide and conquer tactics. The Englishman's way of rags to riches.

@zephyr1327 4 года назад

Mohamed Hassan it’s because of how divided and severed each provinces bonds were. Which allowed them to conquer us. If we were more unified they would have no chance against the country which owned 25% of the whole worlds wealth

@ricksonsoram 4 года назад

British: Look...what we've looted from India. Indian: How much is the ticket, Sir?

@arungowda6033 5 лет назад

my India 🇮🇳❤️

@PapaThanos96 5 лет назад

Well men had wore high heels before women back then so it's no surprised that men wore jewelry too..

@calistafalcontail 2 месяца назад

Men wore jewellery all over the world, just in different amounts.

@AnamikaSisodiyaa 2 месяца назад

Love your video sir ❤

@dylantoytebe8244 5 лет назад

that jewelries supposed to be in india

@ericowensnyc 5 лет назад

When is this coming to NYC???????? 👍🏽

@ashucool603 5 лет назад

Correction..!! Hmare Maharajao ne jewelery di nhi Britishers ko display k liye , balki britishers ne chura li.. #AngrejChor.

@dhanushkj1419 3 года назад

India 🇮🇳

@sradhandas5174 5 лет назад

thief😠😠😠😠

@PyramidSquare 4 года назад

We were rich, we will be rich ❤

@Bubbles-od2tv 2 года назад

Unlikely. All those jewel mines in India are now empty. Only some ruby mines in Burma and diamond mines in Africa are left.

@Island1-b5h Год назад

@@Bubbles-od2tv oh theirs alot in that ground still. India is such a rich piece of land 😊

@calistafalcontail 2 месяца назад

Not with this ovepropulation you have going on.

@sams5177 5 лет назад

how about giving it BACK!!!!

@ordieloved 5 лет назад

I'm curious why no one in India has asked these gems back, it's almost like they were not stolen... All of them combined are only worth a few billion anyway, that's nothing.

@kushal4956 2 года назад

@@ordieloved it's not about the money, it's about the principle and the prestige that comes with it. also it's our heritage not urs

@jays5186 4 года назад

As an Indian, it is painful for me to see..really really painful

@gouthamnj8123 4 года назад

Soo true TJ, England still survive with the interest of the loots from India..

@raghavendravaspula7536 4 года назад

Ohh shit this video colonized my computer..

@Atribak 3 года назад

20% of comments are people amazed by the jewels, 10% of comments are people angry for mughals being Muslim, 70% of comments are of how the british stole the jems.

@kaceobrwa7039 3 года назад

nobody in the world know about diamond until they meet india

@bulldogbruce2683 4 года назад

I'm British, I can honestly say I would steal diamonds from Indians.......

@krishnaparamdhamabburi4379 Год назад

Great video

@smartbaba1321 4 года назад

India overtake UK in Economical ranking. no need to say anything.

@Island1-b5h Год назад

British looted 75 Trillion in wealth from ancient India and that is in fact.

@808mauna 10 месяцев назад

Commoner or King Your Heart is the Real Bling.

@kamalmaheshwarisaboo8125 4 года назад

India is great

@justmeonthebeach 5 лет назад

Very interesting.

@music_by_carlos 5 лет назад

AWESOME

@markmcarthy596 5 лет назад

Why do we love rocks so much? I collect all kinds, as does My wife in jewelry, the stone of scone, etc....

@francispereira9836 3 года назад

I ❤u

@dayangmarikit6860 Год назад

Because they're shiny and sparkly ✨😍✨... Humans evolved to appreciate sparkle because we associate it with water.

@heretwoexpose4255 5 лет назад

The Rothchild are like🤔😲 I got it. WAR!!

@pritilagnadas 5 лет назад

Hey u come india... look @ those Rajasthan's royalty.. where u can find everything that's relating to your video...

@pranav..4767 5 лет назад

"James " bond Falling proud.

@swargadroy 2 года назад

Don't forget where the diamonds come from.

@pedraspreciosasdoBrasil 5 лет назад

Like yes good man gemms 🇧🇷💎🙇🙏✌👍l fron Brasil

@THE_EXAM_TIME Год назад

very nice story

@bperez8656 Год назад

Fabulous history. May the tables turn again

@スばらしき鉱物宝石の世界 5 лет назад

昔々、質のいいダイヤモンドと言えばインド産だったらしいですね。川でカラーダイヤモンドが採れたとか

@Island1-b5h Год назад

Women wore precious gems as well, also The Hindu Goddesses were adorned in higher quality diamonds and gems 😊

@ex_muslimapostate3676 Год назад

Funny Hindusim talk about detachment from materialistic desire , where your gods got secret vaults in temples and godes adorned jewellery

@dayangmarikit6860 Год назад

@@ex_muslimapostate3676Not Hinduism but Buddhism.

@नितिनठाकुर-म1य 3 года назад

One day.......wait for it

@zeffimassoud761 5 лет назад

Green is not sacred to muslims. He is a fool.

@sayaankhan3484 Год назад

It's sad now, if I wear a traditonal henna design as a brown guy. Other South Asian people will ridicule me and say its only for women.

@rajajana9842 5 лет назад

Whose collection is this??

@Indusxstan 4 года назад

At 2:06 he tells a big lie. HINDU rajah’s did not kill their brothers to get the throne, normally. This was problem was Islamic and it started in India with them. In turkey for example, every single time the prince grabbed power, he killed his brothers even if there were 50 in the harem!

@1pasupaty 4 года назад

It is hurting cos it should be on my neck

@Dharanews1987 Год назад

Very nice

@bereal796 4 года назад

GREEN is not sacred to us who told you that.

@henrylivingstone2800 6 месяцев назад

Green is supposed to be the color of heaven and is thus sacred to Muslims

@ChromeMan04 Месяц назад

Green is sacred to Afghans

@singhsurmey1713 3 года назад

Sher Punjab maharaja Ranjit Singh Kohinoor diamond 💎💎💎💎daleep Singh

@syedmedia3573 3 года назад

Sad truth is that it has lost its all Beauty 😭

@Yours_agrwl_099 3 года назад

@@syedmedia3573 bro one day we will keep them all

@Yours_agrwl_099 3 года назад

@@syedmedia3573 back

@ChromeMan04 Месяц назад

Kohinoor belongs to Afghanistan

@vinayakdevduttsamiranmajum3180 4 года назад

At least we Indians never gone to other countries to steal anyone's property!!! Like other countries#

@patriciamorton1068 5 лет назад

That last statement was totally not necessary.

@LalitKumar-cu5iu 5 лет назад

he was trying to make a point

@consultanthuma Год назад

🔥

@user-co4si3cb8h 5 лет назад

He look like nipsey hustle

@zigprof 5 лет назад

I already think that I am the richest person in the world because I do not care about jewelry at all. lol

@zigprof 5 лет назад

@Taps fan No honey, I live in a country where you can not wear jewelry without being mugged. 😂😂😂

@goonseb6456 5 лет назад

Taps fan your some weirdo

@manuharidas7933 Год назад

Nice

@lesmonde4361 Год назад

Women too wear jewellery in India

@castafioreomg Год назад

In 20th century 40% of Indians were living under Maharajas not under colonial rule.The Princely States were very prominent.

@Balanghula 5 лет назад

In the early years there is no INDIA Country its rules by maharajahs kingdom. British created the Name India, rule & stole all the gemstone and gold in the Indian empire.

@sanjaydas-lw8op 4 года назад

India have millions times of diamonds in mandirs , than you looted in British period . 😃

@noorhooshmand8067 4 года назад

It's work of Iran! It's even written on the rubby

@akhleshfaujdar192 4 года назад

Persia had relation with india

@charleswalker1185 3 года назад

I have worn big jewels, for Mardis Gras, and Halloween..I got a headache...

@clizark1 5 лет назад

They have nothing on Mansamusa!

@jimmyle7926 5 лет назад

Ya'll must not know my boy Johnny dang... #kingahbling

@SharonCreamer671956 4 года назад

Oh, here we go, again.

@surajpattanayak7731 3 года назад

We Indians should ask British govt to return all the precious things that their thief monarch had taken

@rahulm2827 4 месяца назад

If you factually and truly are situated in Dharma, you will get rich. Bhog and Moksh (Material Wellbeing and Salvation) is the truth of Sanaatan Dharam (Hinduism). And we Sanaatanis dont care who stole from us. Karma will take care of thieves. Theft is a serious sin and will not be spared. Instead of getting miserable about theft, we'll create bigger wealth. The universe has much more to offer than what has been seen. God is infinite.

@tudormiller887 10 месяцев назад

Wowsers! What happened to the diamond industry in Africa ? 😮

@nancyhobson9710 4 года назад

NOW wouldn't it be nice if the gents started discreetly wearing a diamond necklace that goes under the the tie?

@Thithiksha 2 года назад

They should return it to INDIA With a sorry note.

@jumpinjohosafatz5724 3 года назад

It really is a tragic double edged sword, admiring these priceless, magnificent jewels... while there is no denying their beauty and the exceptional skill required to create them, one simply cannot forget that for hundreds of years, millions of exploited and starving people slaved away in absolute squallor and died tragic deaths, just so that a select few people could swish around all day, every day, surrounded by an obscene display of wealth and dripping in a decadant collection of priceless jewels (that could have fed, clothed, sheltered and educated thousands of people, for years!

@aavashneupane1282 7 месяцев назад

rappers aint got shit compared to them

@ramcesgaston5319 4 года назад

I love my jewels simply because I am royalty.

@charleswalker1185 4 года назад

Women in drag!! Hahaha...I made jewelry from huge crystals, garnets, pearls, etc...I wore them for Mardis gras and got a headache from the weight...

@Omar_Rifland 5 лет назад

I have a room of Diamond in which 1000 grams

@vinoduikey1339 Год назад

Good 🎉🎉🎉

@lordgawain 3 года назад

Can’t compete with the patiala necklace

@jorgesantos2445 4 года назад

Muito bom o vidio

@yasinjamal7517 4 года назад

they had no armies so they wore costly jewels, well thats not what i call warrior

@manecbasumatary1898 3 года назад

Give it back.. its ours😂

@aritradutta9715 4 года назад

Yes India is the world's best country

@calistafalcontail 2 месяца назад

Nope, its the most unsafe nation for women and filth is such an issue. Everything is chaos. Loud, dirty, dangerous...if you arent rich, your life there isnt good and thats why so many indians flee abroad.

@dwijgurram5490 4 года назад

Nothing shocking when queen wore jewels meant for men?

@tabkamohamed3116 5 лет назад

"green is sacred to muslims" who told u that shit xd

@nirajlama5325 5 лет назад

Kindly return please.

@SeachGateINDIA 5 лет назад

a polite lama

@nitinrana3658 4 года назад

She is empress of india" my foot, you bloody thieves stole all these precious ornaments from my country Your people and your queen could not afford a piece of bread that time and now you're talking about diamonds bloody looters

@henrylivingstone2800 6 месяцев назад

Actually by the reign of Queen Alexandra India has already been integrated into the British empire for almost a century. The conquest of India started in the 17th century and by the end of the 18th century the Mughal empire was collapsing and the British had control of the majority of the subcontinent and were expanding into Burma.