. English: Durbar hall, unidentified, Maratha school, Source: A Second Paradise: Indian Courtly Life 1590-1947, by Naveen Patnaik (New York: Metropolitan Museum, 1985), p. 113; scan by FWP, Sept. 2001 'Durbar Hall. Unidentified Maratha school; c. 1820; x cm. Private collection.' 'With the weakening of Mughal power, the Marathas spread from their homelands in the Deccan and established principalities in many parts of northern India. Wearing a characteristic Maratha turban and smoking his huqqa (hookah), this royal personage gives audience in the perspective of a splendid hall o
. English: Durbar hall, unidentified, Maratha school, Source: A Second Paradise: Indian Courtly Life 1590-1947, by Naveen Patnaik (New York: Metropolitan Museum, 1985), p. 113; scan by FWP, Sept. 2001 'Durbar Hall. Unidentified Maratha school; c. 1820; x cm. Private collection.' 'With the weakening of Mughal power, the Marathas spread from their homelands in the Deccan and established principalities in many parts of northern India. Wearing a characteristic Maratha turban and smoking his huqqa (hookah), this royal personage gives audience in the perspective of a splendid hall of whitewashed stone enriched with the blue and white striped daris (dhurries), carpets, and imported glass oil lamps.' (A Second Paradise, p. 184) . circa 1820. Maratha school 344 Maratha darbar
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