Keywords: Elephant with golden howdah in Baroda (c. 1890).jpg en Photograph of an elephant with a golden ambari at Baroda in Gujarat from the Lee-Warner Collection 'Baroda views and buildings c 1890' taken by an unknown photographer The elephant was one of about 55 state elephants owned by the Gaekwar Sayaji Rao III r 1875-1939 12th Maharaja of Baroda They were used in ceremonial processions and were granted to high officials as a mark of royal favour In this side view the elephant is shown caparisoned in cloth of gold and bears on its back the ambari a throne or state howdah made of gold which only the largest and strongest elephants could support 1890 http //www oldindianphotos in/2010_07_04_archive html author other versions Custom license marker 2014 11 26 PD-100 Vadodara in the 1890s Uploaded with UploadWizard People with elephants in India Howdah |