Jaipur Gallery

A Jaipur Allegory

Look Out, The Elephant's Coming! An artist's impression of the dominant Jaipur Polo team. Having won the Indian Polo Association Championship in December 1932, the team were victorious in six consecutive tournaments, including the Hurlingham Championship in England. From left, the Jaipur team shown are Raj Kumar Prithi Singh, Rao Rajah Abhai Singh, Rao Rajah Hanut Singh and H.H. The Maharajah of Jaipur. Other figures included in the illustration are, from left, Captain Pat Roark, Colonel Vivian Lockett (the umpire), Captain Maurice Kingscote and Mr H.P.Guinness

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Sitting on a statue of an elephant, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

An Indian man with a beard and turban sits in the shade at the feet of a statue of an elephant in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He is barefoot and wears a serious expression Date: 1984

© Philip Dunn / Mary Evans Picture Library

1980s, 1984, 80s, Beard, Cool, Eighties, Elephant, India, Indian, Jaipur, Man, Photography, Rajasthan, Shade, Shaded, Sit, Sitting, Statue, Street, Turban

Palace Of The Winds, in Jaipur

Palace Of The Winds, or Hawa Mahal, in Jaipur, Indian state of Rajasthan in Northern India. Five-storey palace built with red and pink sandstone, constructed in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh who belonged to Kachhwaha Rajput dynasty. Date: 1897

© Mary Evans Picture Library

1890s, 1897, Amber, Building, Buildings, Chandra, City, Hawa, India, Indian, Jaipur, Maha, Mahal, Northern, Palace, Phototgraph, Rajasthan, Scene, Scenes, Selling, Sign, Stalls, Street, Trade, Traders, Trading, Winds