English: Runjeet Singh and his suwarree encamped under the banian tree on the River Sulley (engraving) by Harvey, William (1796-1866) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Runjeet Singh and his suwarree, or cavalcade of Seiks, encamped under the banian tree on the River Sulley. Drawn by William Harvey, from a drawing from nature by G F White, engraved by G Presbury.)

Identifier: indianempirehist03mart (find matches)
Title: The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: Martin, Robert Montgomery, 1803?-1868 Roberts, Emma, 1794?-1840
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Publisher: London, New York : The London printing and publishing company, ltd.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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The arrival of the contingent force of the Sikh irregular cavalry, India
See page 39 for a full description; as follows:
SEIKS HALTING NEAR THE SUTLEJ— THE "KOH-I-NOOR."
Runjeet Sing, like other native potentates, when seen in public, was always attended bv hawk and hound, his falconers bearing the royal birds upon their wrists, and having a pack of dogs led before him. Surrounded by a brilliant cavalcade, composed of superb-looking men, mounted upon stately elephants or fiery steeds, and shining in all the barbaric splendour of polished weapons, jewels, and gold, his encampment, or halting- place, realised the beau ideal of Asiatic grandeur and romance. In the annexed plate the hoary warrior, who has alighted from his elephant in the midst of a group of his principal officers, is represented as halting under the shade of an immense banian; while the troops forming his ordinary escort are passing the resting-place of their chief, towards the Sutlej, on the opposite bank of which is a fortified Seik town — the snowy peaks of the Himalaya, at a distance of 120 miles, being visible from the spot.

The elephants, camels, and horses of this extraordinary personage were always of the finest breed, and of great beauty. Among the latter animals, he retained, with much pride, a nol)le horse presented to him by Lord William Bentinck, during the time he held the governor-generalship. This fine creature was of the Suffolk breed, usually employed as beasts of draught in the great brewing establishments of London ; but in the hands of the Seik chieftain, it was promoted to the dignity of some- times carrying the formidable Runjeet himself, who, in consequence of its immense size and breadth, distinguished it by the appellation of Hathee-sa-ghora or Elephant-Horse.)

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