Indian history

351 Pins
·2mo
Sir Raghubir Singh, Maharao of Bundi (1869-1927) by Ganpatrao Abajee Kale ca. 1911
1925 Rolls Royce Phantom 'Tiger Car' with machine gun on the back up for auction... and it could sell for $1 MILLION
Umed Singh II, maharajah of Kota, circa 1902 http://www.pinterest.com/maryannxavier/going-back-in-time/
Colonial views on devadasis are hotly disputed by several groups and organizations in India and by western academics as the inability of the British to distinguish them from the girls who danced in the streets for the reasons other than spiritual devotion to the deity as in socio-economic deprivation and perusal of folk arts.Recently the devadasi system has started to disappear, having been outlawed in all of India in 1988.
Portrait of Princess Rafat Zamani Begum or the Bari Begum Sahiba of Rampur, formerly from the Najiabad family - Kinsey, Delhi - Google Arts & Culture
Portrait of Princess Rafat Zamani Begum or the Bari Begum Sahiba of Rampur, formerly from the Najiabad family
These 26 Vintage Pictures of Indian Royalty Will Put Every Fashionista to Shame
Princess Mehrunissa of Rampur
Maharani Gayatri Devi
Maharani Gayatri Devi | Το στυλ της υποηπείρου
The Prince of Palanpur by K.L. Sayed By Rohit Sonkiya
Portraits of prince and princesse, grandchildren of Sultan Jahan Begum of Bhopal, c.1910 Toned platinum and gelatin silver prints, mounted, one with printed Gobind and Badri Narain credit on verso. Source: Bonhams