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# Forehead ornament

This jewel, made somewhere within the Mughal empire, is made of gold, set on the front with cleaved (flat) diamonds and rubies. The back is enamelled in a style common throughout all the regions of the Indian subcontinent influenced by the imperial style of the 17th century.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1700–1800 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-1-1976](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-1-1976) · Pramāṇa
