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  2. Koh-i-Noor - Wikipedia

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    Kohinoor, a 2005 Indian mystery television series, follows a search for the diamond after its supposed return to India. [88] The Koh-i-Noor is a main part of the 2014 Indian film Bang Bang!. [89] Kolkatay Kohinoor, a 2019 mystery thriller film is based on a similar premise and explores the diamond's fictional relations to Kolkata. [90]

  3. Amaravati Marbles - Wikipedia

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    The Amaravati Collection, sometimes called the Amaravati Marbles, is a series of 120 sculptures and inscriptions in the British Museum from the Amaravati Stupa in Amaravathi, Guntur in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

  4. Sculpture in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    Sculpture in the Indian subcontinent, partly because of the climate of the Indian subcontinent makes the long-term survival of organic materials difficult, essentially consists of sculpture of stone, metal or terracotta. It is clear there was a great deal of painting, and sculpture in wood and ivory, during these periods, but there are only a ...

  5. British Indians - Wikipedia

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    British Indian actors not only have a strong presence in the UK, but also in the United States, where Parminder Nagra, Naveen Andrews and Kunal Nayyar (who are all Britons of Indian origin) have found fame in ER, Lost, The Big Bang Theory and Desperate Housewives respectively, though Nagra is the only one to portray an actual British citizen of ...

  6. Stones of India - Wikipedia

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    Indian Green Marble: It is found in Rajasthan, India; Indian Green Marble's most quarries are situated in Kesariyaji, which is 60 km far from Udaipur, Rajasthan India. This Indian green marble is known by name all over the world. In Europe, people know Indian green marble as a Verde Guatemala. Many varieties are available in Indian green marble.

  7. Star of India (gem) - Wikipedia

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    On October 29, 1964, the famous golf-ball-sized stone was stolen, along with several other gems of note, including the Midnight Star, the DeLong Star Ruby, and the Eagle Diamond. [3] The thieves unlocked a bathroom window during museum open hours, climbed in that night, and found that the sapphire was the only gem in the collection protected by ...

  8. Mauryan polish - Wikipedia

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    The Barabar caves are the first known and dated example of Mauryan polish, dedicated by Ashoka in several inscriptions, in the year 12 and the year 19 of his reign. The caves were carved from granite, an extremely hard rock, and finished with a very fine polishing of the inner surface, giving a mirror effect of great flatness, as well as an echo effect.

  9. Indian rock-cut architecture - Wikipedia

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    Indian rock-cut architecture is more various and found in greater abundance in that country than any other form of rock-cut architecture around the world. [1] Rock-cut architecture is the practice of creating a structure by carving it out of solid natural rock. Rock that is not part of the structure is removed until the only rock left makes up ...