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Indian Gold Book:Indian Gold Book - Gold Bars Worldwide

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REGIONAL JEWELLERY STYLES<br />

AHMEDABAD<br />

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) is famous for its distinctive “ras rava” style of gold jewellery, and for its influence on jewellery<br />

fabrication nationally. Granules and minute flat discs with gold links are normally incorporated into twisted or braided gold<br />

wire.<br />

KARWAR<br />

<strong>Gold</strong>smiths in the ancient port of Karwar (Karnataka) fabricate gold jewellery renowned for its complexity of structure and<br />

combination of motifs. It is light in weight and made from die-struck pieces.<br />

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INDIAN GOLD MARKET 99

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