Arms and Armour at the Jaipur Court

Arms and Armour at the Jaipur Court

by Robert Elgood, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum
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Genre:Armor
Language: en
Published:2015
ISBN13:9789383098774
ISBN10:9383098775

About the Book

This book has a selection of 186 of the most interesting arms in the Jaipur royal palace and discusses them as weapons in their social and historical context. The book breaks new ground in Indian arms scholarship and is also a very readable account that takes in Rajput, Mughal and British Indian history, anthropology and art history. The objects are stunning. One in a series illustrating the collections of the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, City Palace, Jaipur, the book will be essential for all museum curators, dealers and collectors working in the field.