"The Last Maharajas" exhibition held recently in Paris, featured the costumes of the Grand Durbar from 1911 to 1914, a time when textiles were the soul of royalty. Full story, dated Sunday, Jun 20, 2010, at: http://www.hindu.com/mag/2010/06/20/stories/2010062050190500.htm --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar