Fashion Jewellery Ankle Bracelet

Ankle bracelets were probably  worn from the very beginning of Indian history. Literary texts like the Ramayana, Mahabharata, the puranas, Kalidas's epics and sangam literature refer in detail to the types of jewellery used by both men and women. Stone, terracotta, and bronze sculptures from the Sunga period to the Nayak period illustrate women with anklets and toe rings. From the visual depictions it appears that anklets were initially circular. Later, these rings became broader and acquired different names, depending upon the place and language.

Pajeb is a persian term for anklet; they are usually made with chains and pendants of silver, which clink together when the wearer walks. similar to the chain, it is comprised of heavy rings of silver, rather like a choker. In some communities, anklets were ring shaped, very substantial and heavy.

Throughout India ankle bracelet, worn in pairs, one on each ankle, are common, though not all function as marriage ornaments. Among the poorer people and especially among more isolated communities it is common to find anklets of base metals like white metal, copper, and copper alloys such as brass and bronze. However, in most places, anklets are made in silver. Anklets are of two basic types, i.e. the stiff and the flexible. The stiff ankle bracelet are either cast or fabricated by hammering sheet metal into the requisite shape. Using the techniques of chiseling, engraving, repousse, granulation or threading and wire work, ankle bracelet are patterned. The flexible variety employs close interlocking of separately made links tied together either by using variations of chain technique or by threading together of links. Known as jhanjhar or pajeb, the flexible variety is often further adorned with jingle bells. There is no better music to the ears of a lover than the jingling sound arising from the steps of the beloved. This has been a subject of innumerable poetic stanzas in Indian literature over several centuries.

An anklet , ankle chain, or ankle bracelet is an ornament worn around the ankle. Barefoot anklets and toe rings historically have been worn for centuries by girls and women in Egypt and Arab world especially in Bedouin and countryside and married women

in India, though in the United States both casual and more formal anklets became fashionable in the late twentieth century.