lorded by the Maharaja of Gaipajama and his liveried men and mantris. Herge did not hold back – in his near-accurate description of the men in turbans, sherwanis, achkans and cummerbunds – the ...

There are many interesting stories about how the Maharaja acquired the Kohinoor by guile – the most prevalent being that Sher e Punjab exchanged his turban with Shah Shuja as a sign of ...