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Keywords: Elephant with a golden ambari at Baroda in the 1890s.jpg en Photograph of an elephant with a golden ambari at Baroda Gujarat from the Curzon Collection taken by an unknown photographer during the 1890s The elephant was one of about 55 state elephants owned by the Gaekwar Sayaji Rao III ruled 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 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 s 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 British Library Photo 430 Curzon Collection
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