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Baria, 23, 47
Maharani of, 23, 47
Baroda, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 32, 42, 43, 55,
73, 74, 76, 79, 81, 94, 95, 123, 124, 147,
173, 175
Maharani Chimnabai II of, 19, 20, 76,
79, 81
purchase of jewellery, 20
cuisine of, 94, 175
Maharani Indira Devi of, 19, 24, 25, 42,
74, 76, 146
see also Cooch Behar and Baroda
Maharaja Khanderao Gaekwad of, 43
Maharaja Sayajirao III of, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 42, 79, 123, 173, 175
purchase of property in England, 18
purchase of property in France, 19
Maharani Sita Devi of, 20, 21, 173
Pearl Carpet of, 43
Barua, P. C., 104
bazubands, 22, 62
beauty, 6, 44, 45
Benares, 43, 57, 94, 124
Bernier, Francois, 39
Bharatiya Janata Party, 87, 159
Bhopal, 3, 24, 27, 73, 82, 107
Begum Sultan Jahan of, 24, 73, 82
and European dress, 24
cuisine of, 27, 82
hybridity within, 73
Bikaner, 55, 83, 94, 121, 124, 133, 147, 172
Maharaja Ganga Singh of, 55
Maharaja Sardul Singh of, 55
Bird, Isabella, 142
bor, 62, 63
Bose, Sadhana, 101
Boucheron, 4, 19, 21, 42, 47
Brahmo Samaj, 1, 73, 78
Brancusi, Constantin, 18
British architects, 18, 151
British monarchy, 2, 8, 15, 16, 42, 43, 95,
123, 124, 145, 173
British royals, 42, 95, 123, 124
British Museum, 154, 156, 176
Bruhns, Ivan da Silva, 18
Buddhism, 69, 78
Burma, 15, 77, 78, 81, 151
Callot Soeurs, 24
Cartier, 4, 19, 20, 21, 22, 42, 43, 47, 122,
173
cashmere, 53, 56, 57, 106, 108
Chakma Raj, 27, 73, 74, 77, 78, 175
cuisine in, 73, 74, 78, 85
European cuisine in, 85
Raja Nalinaksha Roy of, 73
Rani Benita Roy of, 73, 74, 77, 78, 81,
85
chandar har, 62
Charlotte, Queen, 42, 43
Chattopadhyay, Sarat Chandra, 104
Chaumet, 4, 19, 42, 43, 47, 173
Chisholm, Robert Fellows, 18
Chittagong Hill Tracts, 73
Chittor, 124
Chopra, Vidhu Vinod, 120
Chota Udaipur, 80, 81
cuisine in, 80, 81
Jairaj Kunverba of, 80, 81
Chowdhry, Prem, 143
Christies, 47, 156
Christmas, 4, 11, 15, 27, 69, 74, 78, 84, 85
Chughtai, Abdur Rahman, 103, 112
chutila, 62
Clive, Lord Robert, 40
cloth, 56, 58
clothing, 1, 4, 11, 14, 24, 25, 33, 39, 53, 56,
57, 58, 61, 62, 146, 154, 155, 161, 168,
171, 172, 175
wearing European clothing, 24, 57, 58,
72
coins, 27, 30, 32, 33, 36, 41, 54, 60, 61
colonial literature on the zenana, 1403
Concord of the Princes, 86
Congress Party, 86, 87, 112, 148
Cooch Behar, 4, 17, 19, 24, 73, 74, 76, 78,
81, 82, 95
cuisine in, 73, 74, 76, 78, 81
Indira Devi of, 4, 24, 74, 81
use of chiffon for saris, 245
Maharani Sunity Devi of, 1, 2, 4, 16, 24
Cook, Thomas, 123
cookbooks, 76, 8697, 98, 175
from antiquity, 889
from the colonial period, 89, 90
during the emergency, 914
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historiography of, 8891
postcolonial, 907, 98, 175
post-liberalization (1990s), 957
by zenana authors, 76, 8697, 175
Cooke & Kelvey, 59
Cooking of the Maharajas, 74, 79, 88, 91, 92,
93, 94, 118
courtesan, 4, 28, 44, 46, 75, 101, 10218,
150, 151, 176, 177
during antiquity, 106, 107
colonial images of the, 109, 110
in Dhrangadhra, 107, 108
depictions in film, 28, 101, 102, 10418,
129, 130, 176, 177
history of, 106
and jewellery, 44, 107, 108
in Lucknow, 108, 177
and Indo-Islamic culture, 28, 101, 102,
107, 108, 111, 112, 130
and music, 104, 108, 109, 110, 114, 116,
117, 129, 176
postcolonial views of the, 110
Sanskrit references to, 106, 107
and Urdu literature, 109, 117
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 122
Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851, 14, 171
cuisine, 4, 6, 8, 6999, 175
as aphrodisiac, 75
Anglo-Indian, 4, 69, 89, 90, 92, 175
during antiquity, 69, 70, 88, 89
Awadhi, 4, 69, 79
Bengali, 73, 74, 78, 81, 90
during the colonial period, 89, 90, 175
European, 806, 98, 175
French, 4, 74, 79, 80, 89, 175
hybrid forms of, 78, 98, 175
Italian, 81, 82, 89
during the medieval period, 70, 71, 89
Mughlai, 4, 70, 71
Nepali, 4, 73, 74, 79, 175
development of pan-Indian, 76
as poison, 75
Portuguese, 74, 81
and religion, 74, 97
zenana women as patrons of, 4, 6, 8,
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Curse of the Golden Flower (dir. Zhang
Yimou, 2006), 122
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Ferragamo, Salvatore, 24
Forster, E. M., 8, 71, 92, 132, 140, 141, 143,
149, 161, 169, 177
gaghras, 61, 62, 101, 121
Gandhi, Indira see Indian Princes
Gandhi, Sanjay, 152
ganga-jamini, 43, 58
Ganguly, Dhiren 104
Gauripur, Raja of, 104
Gell, Alfred, 37
gems, 19, 20, 22, 30, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,
43, 46, 47, 52, 62, 65, 97, 121, 132, 160,
167
George II, King, 42
George, King, and Queen Mary, 173
Ghazal, 102, 104, 106, 117
Ghosh, Durba, 7
ghulab pash, 58, 59
glass, 59
Gowariker, Ashutosh, 70, 102, 119
see also Jodhaa Akbar
Great Depression, 42
Gulbadan Begum, 119
Gwalior, 8, 16, 17, 19, 39, 41, 42, 55, 64, 73,
79, 83, 84, 85, 87, 93, 94, 124, 147, 159,
172, 175, 176
cooks in, 79
dinner at palace in, 84
food in, 73, 79, 83, 84
Nepali food in, 79
Maharaja of, 83
Maharani of, 16
Maharaja Jayaji Rao Scindia, 17, 41
Maharaja Madho Rao Scindia of, 19, 42
Princess Vasundaraje of, 159
Maharani Vijaya Raje Scinda, 73, 79,
82, 87
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Halvad, 34
Raja Rajodharji of, 34
Hamilton & Co., 41, 43, 55, 59
hath phul, 62
Heat and Dust, 5, 131, 132, 133, 136, 149,
1609
Henry Poole & Co., 58
Hero, 122
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and the Emergency, 6, 88, 91, 132, 133,
144, 159
Gifting of honours and medals to, 9
historiography of, 8
and Indira Gandhi, 6, 86, 87, 117, 132,
144, 148, 159
patronage by, 9, 1213, 20, 36, 37, 39,
40,41, 42, 43, 53, 54, 5563, 68,
88, 89, 95, 117, 132, 133, 157, 174
of cloth/clothing, 56, 57, 58
of cuisine, 6999, 175
of foreign-made goods, 13, 1415, 17,
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 32,
40, 41, 42, 44, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59,
72, 74, 806
American, 24, 32, 54
Austrian, 15
British, 17, 18, 19, 24, 32, 78,
806
Chinese, 15
French, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 32,
77, 79
German, 18
Polish, 18, 19
Perugian, 15
Venetian, 15, 18
of hybrid products, 55, 56, 78, 98
of indigenous artisans, 43
during the postcolonial period, 5, 6,
117, 132, 133
and the Privy Purse, 6, 86, 87, 91, 96,
105, 114, 117, 144, 155, 158, 177
sport of, 147
tourism and, 1235
Indore, 18, 19, 25, 42, 46, 58, 72, 74, 81, 88,
91, 92, 93, 94, 102, 104, 107, 123, 163,
173
Ahilyabai Holkar of, 102
Sally Shalini Holkar of, 74, 88, 91, 92,
93, 94, 95, 118
as cookbook writer, 914
Maharani Sanyogita Raje of, 18, 25
Shivaji, Richard Holkar of, 74, 88, 91,
95, 102, 118
Maharaja Tukoji Rao Holkar of, 25, 42,
46, 72, 104
Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Holkar of, 18,
25, 42, 58, 163, 173
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Industrial Revolution, 11
interior dcor, 15, 17, 18, 19
Ivory, James, 5, 27, 28, 131, 132, 133, 134,
136, 137, 138, 140, 144, 145, 149, 150,
151, 152, 153, 154
childhood in America, 137
early career of, 138
meeting with Ismail Merchant, 136, 137
meeting with Ruth Prawar Jhabvala, 140
Jaffrey, Madhur, 90, 91, 131, 146, 151, 161
Jahangir, 38, 39, 111, 172
Jaipur, 10, 20, 21, 40, 43, 70, 73, 74, 77, 79,
81, 82, 85, 87, 88, 947, 102, 104, 110,
118, 1218, 130, 133, 1447, 154, 158,
159, 173, 175, 176
hybrid cuisine in, 73, 79, 81, 85, 86, 96,
97
Jackie Kennedys visit to, 125
Maharani Gayatri Devi of, 73, 74, 76, 77,
79, 81, 82, 87, 95, 97, 124, 144, 146,
148, 154, 158, 159
see also Cooch Behar
Maharajkumar Jagat Singh of, 144
Maharaja Madho Singh of, 124, 173
Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II of, 73, 82,
95, 124, 125, 146, 159
tourism in, 122, 124, 125, 127
Jaipuri jewellers, 20, 40, 43, 121, 122,
130
Jaisalmer, 145, 150
jamdarkhana, 32, 52, 53
Jamnagar, 80, 81, 87
Mahendra Kunverba of, 80, 81
Jaora, Nawab of, 85
Jasanoff, Maya, 7, 10, 41
Jean Patou, 24
jewellery, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 1926, 2968, 99,
101, 104, 106, 107, 115, 117, 118, 121,
122, 124, 125, 130, 131, 132, 142, 151,
171, 175, 178
in antiquity, 35, 36
in Bollywood film, 101, 117, 118, 121,
122
concealment of, 23, 24
of Dholpur, 305, 4668, 175
European, 4, 19, 20, 21, 22, 32, 42, 44,
54, 72
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laccha, 62
Lahore, 39, 77, 102, 110, 113, 120, 173, 176
Lambert-Hurley, Siobhan, 3
Lanchester, Henry, 8, 151
Laws of Manu, 51, 52
Lobb, John & Co., 58
Louis XIV of France, 12
Lucknow, 13, 41, 102, 10610, 114, 116,
117, 130, 133, 177
Nawab Asaf ud-Daula of, 41
Nawab Wajid Ali-Shah of, 108
Lumiere brothers, 103
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Macaulays Minute on Education (1835), 54
Machinist, 18, 19, 43
Madhubala, 111, 112
Mahabharata, 44, 147
beauty in, 44
Maheshwar, 91, 102, 123
see also Indore, Shivaji, Richard Holkar;
Indore, Sally, Shalini Holkar
Malabar Hill Murder (1925), 104, 105
Malinowski, 11
Mant, Major Charles, 18
Marathas, 40
Mary, Queen, and King George, 173
Mauboussin, 42
Mayurbhanj, 78
Mehrangarh Fort, 127, 128, 129, 154, 177
memsahib, 8, 89, 90
Merchant Ivory Productions, 5, 6, 27,
1318, 140, 142, 1446, 1503, 156,
157, 159, 1609, 173, 177
Merchant, Ismail, 5, 28, 132, 133, 134, 135,
136, 137, 140, 145, 152, 168
childhood in Bombay, 135
meeting with James Ivory, 136, 137
meeting with Ruth Prawar Jhabvala, 140
see also Merchant Ivory Productions
metalwork, 58
minakdari, 40, 43
mixed race relationships/miscegenation, 91,
162, 163, 177
modha, 63
Mughal-e-Azam, 5, 102, 105, 111, 112, 113,
114, 118, 119, 120, 176
inaccuracies in, 112
Mughals, 24, 12, 13, 1518, 32, 33, 38, 39,
40, 41, 45, 54, 56, 57, 59, 60, 6971, 79,
89, 93, 95, 1013, 1058, 11114, 118,
119, 1214, 126, 128, 130, 133, 147,
157, 160, 162, 172, 176, 177
and food, 70, 71
and jewellery, 38, 39, 40, 45
and marriages with Hindu Rajputs, 70
and relationships with Rajputs over
patronage, 39, 40
mulligatawny soup, 4, 69, 85
Murshidabad, 40
Mutiny of 1857, 8, 72, 108, 116, 162, 174
Muthesius, Eckart, 18
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paan, 16, 53, 58, 59, 81, 106, 117, 131, 161,
168, 174
paan dans, 53, 58, 59, 117
Padadayatji, 107
Pakeezah, 5, 101, 102, 106, 110, 114, 115,
116, 117, 176
Palace architecture, 4, 8, 17
of Baroda, 17, 18
of Cooch Behar, 17
of Maharaja Jayajirao Scindia of Gwalior,
17, 41, 79
Laxmi Vilas palace (Baroda), 17
Palace on Wheels, 126
Palanpur, 94
pardah, 26, 9, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24, 34, 39,
47, 50, 71, 72, 77, 80, 84, 1305, 137,
139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 149, 152, 153,
158, 159, 161, 163, 169, 1735, 177, 178
Parks, Fanny, Wanderings of a Pilgrim, 141,
142
Patel, Vallabhai, 86
Partition, 86, 110, 113, 130, 135
pashmina, 57
Paswanji, 107
Pataudi, 101, 102
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Udaipur/Mewar, 34, 39, 55, 80, 81, 94,102,
121, 1239, 133, 156, 173, 176
Arvind Singh of, 125
and Lake Pichola Palace, 125
Maharani of, 55
Padmaja Kumari of, 125, 126
tourism in, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 129,
176
Maharana Udai Singh of, 34
Umaid Bhavan Palace, 18, 125, 126, 145,
147, 1517, 160, 176
design of, 151
Umrao Jaan (1981), 5, 101, 102, 106, 110,
116, 117
Umrao Jaan (2006), 5, 118
Uprajpramukhs, 87, 111
Van Cleef & Arpels, 4, 21, 122, 173
Varthema, Ludovica de, 38
Verma, Raja Ravi, 103
Victoria, Queen, 2, 8, 15, 16, 43, 145, 173
declared Empress of India, 15, 16
and patronage of Indian jewellery, 43
Victoria and Albert Museum, 28, 120, 153,
156, 170, 171, 173, 176
Vijanagar, 38
vrata, 74, 77, 97
zardari, 43
zenana, 3, 57, 9, 17, 19, 205, 279, 314,
449, 516, 5963, 65, 6799, 109, 110,
101 69, 1738
beauty in, 44, 45
consumption patterns of, 6, 9, 17, 19,
20, 22, 24, 25, 28, 46, 535, 5963,
6999, 1738
cuisine within, 6999, 175
European influences on zenana cuisine, 74, 78, 806, 175
zenana women as culinary patrons,
6699, 175
effect on tourism, 12230
encounter with the West, 6, 9, 17, 19,
202, 24, 25, 28, 535, 74, 806,
109, 110
in Euro-American film, 3, 5, 6, 28,
13069, 176, 177
European depictions of, 45, 67, 109,
13169
in Hindi film, 3, 5, 6, 27, 28, 98, 99,
10130, 176
hybrid aesthetic within the, 20, 21, 24,
25, 28, 33, 53, 546, 74, 78, 806,
132, 174, 175
and jewellery, 447, 613, 68, 142
and womens maintenance of jewellery, 33, 34, 46, 513, 68
patterns of marriage within, 72, 73, 175
and stridhana, 22, 23, 27, 29, 31, 32, 46,
47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 61, 65, 67, 175
Zoffany, 161
Zubeida, 5, 102, 105, 106
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