Lot 27
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RAJA SURTAN SINGH OF BANERA (R. 1701-59)
RAJA SURTAN SINGH OF BANERA (R. 1701-59)
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RAJA SURTAN SINGH OF BANERA (R. 1701-59)

MEWAR, INDIA, CIRCA 1720

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RAJA SURTAN SINGH OF BANERA (R. 1701-59)
MEWAR, INDIA, CIRCA 1720
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on card, the verso plain with English and devanagari inscriptions, mounted and framed
10 3⁄8 x 8 ¼in. (26.2 x 21cm.)
Engraved
On the reverse Mahārājā Suratāṇa Siṅgha-jī 'Maharaja Surtan Singh'

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INSCRIPTIONS:
On the reverse Mahārājā Suratāṇa Siṅgha-jī 'Maharaja Surtan Singh'

Banera was a small jagir within Mewar founded by Kunwar Bhim Singh, fourth son of Maharana Raj Singh of Udaipur (r. 1652-80). Surtan Singh was born in 1696 but came to the throne as a child following the death of his father Raja Suryan Mal in battle.

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