Add.Or.1512-1583 72 paintings bound in 2 volumes depicting trades and castes in Cutch, including the Rao of Cutch, Rao Desal II (ruled 1819-60), as we ...
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Add.Or.1512-1583 72 paintings bound in 2 volumes depicting trades and castes in Cutch, including the Rao of Cutch, Rao Desal II (ruled 1819-60), as well as his palace and other buildings in Bhuj. By a Western Indian artist probably at Bhuj, Cutch, August 1856. Inscribed with titles in English...
Sindi pounding a narcotic drug and a Sindi with sword and hookah asking for bread
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Sindi pounding a narcotic drug and a Sindi with sword and hookah asking for bread. Inscribed: ‘Sindee pounding nurchotic drug. Sindee asking bread from a Fukeer.’
Musicians with cymbals and stringed instrument. Inscribed: ‘Dadee Thurr Parker songsters.’ Note: Thar Parkar is a district on the eastern side of Sind.