Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts

by Amin Jaffer, Anna Jackson, Jaffer Amin

Book Overview

The word "maharaja" - literally "great king" - conjures up a vision of splendor and magnificence: ropes of pearls, huge diamonds, jeweled turbans, elaborately carved furniture, shimmering textiles in every imaginable color. This lavishly illustrated book, published to accompany a major exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, examines the real and perceived worlds of the maharaja from the early eighteenth century to 1947, when the Indian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1851775730
• ISBN13: 9781851775736
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 3.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.3" x 12.8"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary