The Unforgettable Maharajas: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography (Roli Books) [Hardcover]

Dharmendar Kanwar (Author), E Jaiwant Paul (Author), Pramod Kapoor (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 8174362959 | ISBN-13: 978-8174362957 | Publication Date: September 1, 2004 | Edition: illustrated edition

The Unforgettable Maharajas transports the reader back in time through 150 years of Indian royalty. Fairytale childhoods, magnificent palaces and forts, luxurious lifestyles, princely pastimes "et al unfold in all their splendour through this extensively researched and lavishly produced book.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Roli Books; illustrated edition edition (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8174362959
• ISBN-13: 978-8174362957
• Product Dimensions: 12.5 x 12.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,153,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing collection of photographs..,, September 5, 2006

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Mr. Naveed H. Siddiqui (London, England) - See all my reviews
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..from a surreal era of Indian history. It was a totally ostentatious and absolutely over the top lifestyle. The pockets of the sub-continent that were these states of princely India were to a degree remnants of the Mughal Empire. It truly must have been a painstaking process to put together all the photographs. But what a collection! Going through this book really takes you back in time, some superb rarely seen photographs. Some of the photographs are from private collections and national archives.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marvellous Maharajas, May 3, 2008

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This review is from: The Unforgettable Maharajas: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography (Roli Books) (Hardcover)

A truly enchanting book. After reading it I was on the Internet for hours, researching all the various people whose pictures were in it. Highly, highly recommended.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lavishly illustrated, magnificent book, November 18, 2005

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Borja Echegaray Aguirrezabal (Spain) - See all my reviews
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This is an extraordinary book, with fantastic pictures, some very famous, other belonging to princely familly collections, never seen before.Much better than most of the others on the same subject.

I highly recomend it for anyone interested on Imperial India and the maharajas