Mewar
Americannoun
noun
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In the 1870s, Sajjan Singh, the teenage ruler of the Mewar region in western India, ordered the construction of a marble palace on a rugged hill above the lake city of Udaipur.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
The Kingdom of Mewar, which was located in what is today known as the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, fell to the continent-bestriding Mughal Empire in the early 1600s.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2019
Its balanced design and the delicacy of its detail are tributes to Mewar architecture.
From Architectural Digest ● Feb. 1, 2010
The work, which shows a prize stallion being presented to the maharana of Mewar in Udaipur, Rajasthan, was painted in 1845-1846 by an artist known as Tara.
From Washington Post
The Ranas and the Mewar nobility were depicted hunting in the local landscape, watching elephant fights or moving in procession.
From The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry by Archer, W. G.
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