HOUSTON, TEXAS.- The exhibition Treasury of the World: The Jeweled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals opens today at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, on view until October 27, 2002. This show features 300 objects including the "Talisman of the Throne," a 249.31 carat ruby inscribed with the names of four of its owners from the al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait from the Indian empire. The Mughal rulers of India (1526-1858) were renowned for their grand imperial vision, opulence, and appreciation of artistry. The Mughals’ expertise in fashioning jeweled arts, characterized by brilliant gemstones and magnificent settings, was amplified by their access to unfathomable riches. Praised as " a visual feast" by The New York Times, the exhibition Treasury of the World: The Jeweled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals displays more than 300 Mughal jeweled works of art from The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait National Museum. The exhibition’s evocative title comes from a 17th-century letter to the future King Charles I of England, penned by England’s first ambassador to the Mughal court. Of the Emperor Jahangir, the ambassador wrote, "In jewels, he is the treasury of the world, buying all that comes and heaping rich stones."