False Allies: India's Maharajahs in The Age of Ravi Varma

False Allies: India's Maharajahs in The Age of Ravi Varma

India?s maharajahs have traditionally been cast as petty despots, consumed by lust and luxury. Bejewelled parasites, they cared more, we are told, for elephants and palaces than for schools and public…

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