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Mehrangarh Fort
Museum in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, has a
gallery of
royal howdahs. Today,
howdahs are used
mainly for
tourist or
commercial purposes in
South East...
- The
Golden Howdah,'ಚಿನ್ನದ ಅಂಬಾರಿ'(elephant seat or
Chinnada Ambari in Kannada) is a
howdah, the
carrier mounted on the
leading elephant during the Jamboo...
- "
howdah pistol"
comes from the
howdah, a
large platform mounted on the back of an elephant. Hunters,
particularly in
British Raj India, used
howdahs as...
-
Khana and
Daulat Khana. The
museum houses a
collection of palanquins,
howdahs,
royal cradles, miniatures,
musical instruments, costumes, and furniture...
- and sultans.
Howdahs continue to play a role in
modern Indian ceremonies. In
recent years, the
elephant chosen to
carry the
Golden Howdah has been contentious...
- The Moth
Eaten Howdah of the
Tusker is a
novel written by
Indira Goswami in
Kamrupi dialect. Book
deals with
different social issues of mid
twentieth century...
- 1668, and the
elephant with a
howdah on
other coins minted from 1674 or 1675 onwards. The elephant, with or
without a
howdah, was the
emblem of the Royal...
- used by Numidia, the
Ptolemies and the
military of
Carthage did not
carry howdahs or
turrets in combat,
perhaps owing to the
physical weakness of the species...
- had
numerous war
elephants that
carried houses or huge
howdahs on
their backs.
These howdahs were full of
soldiers who shot
arrows at long
range and...
- cavalry. The
Indian war
elephants were
heavily armoured and had castle-like
howdahs on
their back
carrying a trio of
archers and
javelin men. Porus' soldiers...
