Posted on: 29 August 2010

Indian Royalty, Maharajas and more........: Carved Emeralds of the Maharajas of Darbhanga

Indian Royalty, Maharajas and more....
An excellent and well-researched Blog by the gifted young historian Akshay Chavan, which features rare and unknown stories about Indian Royalty and Maharajas.

AKSHAY CHAVAN says," Welcome to the World of Maharajas and Nawabs! Indian Princely States covered a third of India and played a vital role in every aspect of Indian life. Today, their stories and contributions have been relegated to dreary textbooks or simply forgotten. This is an attempt to reclaim the princely heritage and relive those little known and forgotten chapters of Indian Royal history."

Blog :
http://akshay-chavan.blogspot.com/2009/11/carved-emeralds-of-maharajas-of.html Akhay you bring tears to my eyes. My heart cries out for the great Maharajadhiraja. The most unfortunate being who could not have one person fit enough to be his heir. Was ditched by one and all whomes0ever he tried to groom - Jeeveshwar Singh, Radheshwar Singh, Yajneshwar Singh, and Subheshwar Sing...



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I'll second that

Do you have a little cyber alarm that goes off when something like this appears? I don't know how you continue to surprise and delight but keep going. Thank you

Exquisite gems!!

AQctually I adore emeralds.My horoscope says that I should wear only emrald.But by seeing these I felt that I have that pleasure in watching these rare gems

I love emeralds too!

Exquisitely carved emerald!