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    Exhibition on Splendour of royal Indian courts opens in London
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    The exhibition began with a recreation of an Indian royal procession with a life-sized model elephant adorned with animal jewellery, textiles and trappings and surmounted with a silver howdah. "There has never been an exhibition like this before, showing the spectacular treasures of the courts of the maharajas. Many of the objects are leaving India for the first time to come to the V&A" said Mark Jones, director of V&A. (HS-11/10) Full Article at ddi News
    There has never been an exhibition like this before, showing the spectacular treasures of the courts of the maharajas. Many of the objects are leaving India for the first time to come to the V&A
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