A howdah or houdah also known as hathi howdah, is a carriage which is positioned on the back of an elephant, or occasionally some other animal, such as a camel, used most often in the past to carry we
Howdahs on the elephants of the Maharaja of Travancore (lithograph by Louis-Henri de Rudder [fr; es], May 1841)
Hathi howdah, Mehrangarh Fort Museum.
Silver hathi howdah, Mehrangarh Fort Museum.
Hathi howdah or elephant seat in the Mehrangarh Fort Museum.
The howdah pistol was a large-calibre handgun, often with two or four barrels, used in Africa and India from the beginning of the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century during the Bri
Howdah
…Mahout, the driver of an elephant Howdah pistols, large handguns used to defend howdahs from predators Persian war elephants…
Double-barrel .50 caliber (13mm) howdah pistol made in Germany
Breech of the same pistol open for loading. This particular weapon was made for a left-handed user.