Bombay Chiefs’s Camp

Mortimer Menpes

1903

Watercolor

Source: The Durbar, facing p. 180

“The golden ornaments on the top of their banners are emblems which have been bestowed upon them by the Mogul Emperors. In one of the golden balls is the sacred water from the Ganges, which, if sprinkled on a dying man during battle, will ensure his entrance into heaven.”

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Bibliography

Menpes, Mortimer. The Durbar. Text by Dorothy Menpes. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1903. Internet Archive version of a copy in the University of California at Los Angeles Library. Web. 27 May 2017.

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