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    A howdah, or houdah (Hindi: हौदा, romanized: haudā), derived from the Arabic هودج (hawdaj), which means "bed carried by a camel", also known as hathi howdah...
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    The howdah pistol was a large-calibre handgun, often with two or four barrels, used in Africa and India from the beginning of the nineteenth century and...
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    The Golden Howdah,'ಚಿನ್ನದ ಅಂಬಾರಿ'(elephant seat or Chinnada Ambari in Kannada) is a howdah, the carrier mounted on the leading elephant during the Jamboo...
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    from 2012 to 2019, was the lead elephant and the carrier of the Golden Howdah at the Mysore Dasara. He was named after Arjuna, the third of the Pandava...
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    lead elephant carries the Golden Howdah (Chinnada Ambari) with the Goddess Chamundeshwari in it. The Golden Howdah weighs 750 kilograms and is made of...
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  • procession and carried the idol of goddess Chamundeshwari on the fabled Golden Howdah thirteen times between 1999 and 2011. Balarama was a bull born about 1958...
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    who, from 2020 has been the lead elephant and the carrier of the Golden Howdah at the Mysore Dasara and is also stated to be the best kumki elephant, playing...
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    The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker is a novel written by Indira Goswami in Kamrupi dialect. Book deals with different social issues of mid twentieth century...
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    translated into English from her native Assamese which include The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker, Pages Stained With Blood and The Man from Chinnamasta. She...
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    1668, and the elephant with a howdah on other coins minted from 1674 or 1675 onwards. The elephant, with or without a howdah, was the emblem of the Royal...
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    (2002). Howdah to High Power. Tucson, AZ: Excalibur Publications. ISBN 1-880677-17-2. Barnes, p.173, ".450 Revolver" Maze, Robert J. Howdah to High Power...
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    NZ: self-published, 1987), p. 12. Wilson (1943) p.228 Maze, Robert J. Howdah to High Power (Tucson, AZ: Excalibur Publications, 2002), p. 32. Barnes...
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    Enfield Mk-3". Maze, Robert J: "Howdah to High Power", p. 37. Excalibur Publications, 2002. Maze, Robert J: "Howdah to High Power" (Excalibur Publications...
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    overcome the heavy pull of the revolving striker. Sometimes classified as a howdah pistol, the Lancaster pistol enjoyed popularity with British officers in...
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    be members of the order. The elephant and castle design derives from the howdah, a carriage that is mounted in the back of an elephant. This type of carriage...
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    potential real estate customers to view parcels of land from Lucy's howdah (carriage). The howdah offers unique views of Margate, Atlantic City's skyline, the...
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    Marines passed on in favor of the M27 IAR". Sandboxx. Retrieved 2022-08-25. Howdah To High Power (2002) Maze, Robert J, Excalibur Publications, Tucson AZ (USA)...
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    his camel by its halter, thinking that he was a woman because he was in a howdah. But lo, it was a man. He made the camel kneel down beside him and [found...
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    could intercede for them, sometimes they would even stand in front of her howdah and make requests on such matters and to fulfill what they wanted from Al-Hadi...
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  • Elephants of the Jamboo Savari of Mysore Dasara. He carried the Golden Howdah for a record 18 years consecutive years between 1981 and 1997, before being...
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    Devgarh, 1822, showing the attack by Pratap, mounted on Chetak, on the leader of the Mughal forces, Man Singh of Amber, who is in a howdah on an elephant...
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    Khana and Daulat Khana. The museum houses a collection of palanquins, howdahs, royal cradles, miniatures, musical instruments, costumes, and furniture...
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  • horsecar horse-drawn boat horse-powered boat Experiment (horse-powered boat) howdah litter (vehicle) (sometimes carried by humans, mainly used with equines...
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    had numerous war elephants that carried houses or huge howdahs on their backs. These howdahs were full of soldiers who shot arrows at long range and...
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    struck by an arrow in the eye and fell unconscious. On not seeing him in his howdah on the back of an elephant, his army fled. The unconscious Hemu was carried...
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    A decorated Indian elephant carrying a howdah during a fair in Jaipur, India...
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    During the rule of Wadiyars of Mysore, the Maharaja was seated in the golden howdah atop the elephant during Vijayadashami (tenth day of Dasara) procession...
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    conceived, the statue would have depicted the monarch in marble riding in a howdah atop a red stone elephant; a canopy was not then included in the design...
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    Museum Restoration Service. ISBN 0-88855-008-1. Maze, Robert J. (2002). Howdah to High Power: A Century of Breechloading Service Pistols (1867-1967). Tucson...
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  • Battle of the Camel, after the fact that Aisha directed her forces from a howdah on the back of a large camel. Aisha's forces were defeated and an estimated...
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