1993 — Mohsen Saeidi Madani, Impact of Hindu Culture on Muslims, M D Publications Pvt Ltd (1993), →ISBN, page 146:
On the first wedding night of the marriage ceremony, the husband removes the big nosering of the bride, which is the symbolic representation of the girl being a virgin till that moment.
1995 —Ashok Jerath, The Splendour of Himalayan Art and Culture, Indus Publishing Company (1995), →ISBN, page 15:
Bead necklaces, earrings, noserings popularly known as nath, toerings, bangles of various strengths are but a few ornaments used by the ladies.
2002 — Esther David, Book of Esther, Viking (2002), →ISBN, page 369:
[…] My mother and grandmother wore nine-yard saris, with heavy anklets, armlets, waist belts and enormous noserings, but they observed all the Jewish rituals.'
[…] I'll meet Valerie, who I've seen before at pool bars and admired from afar, and will watch her swing her black hair and flaunt her nosering and do things her way; […]