Saturday, April 4, 2015

INDIAN FAMILIES ARMORIAL : BURDWAN (MAHARAJA-KUMAR OF)

BURDWAN, MAHARAJ-KUMAR BIJAI CHAND MAHTAB, Maharaja-Kumar of.

The arms are azure, an ancient Hindustani shield proper, between in chief a crescent argent and in base two swords in saltire, points downwards, also proper. 

The crest is an iron-gray horse's head, couped, around the neck a riband azure, and pendent therefrom an escutcheon of the last, charged with a lotus-flower proper.
The supporters are, on either side an iron-gray horse regardant, around the neck a riband gules, and pendent therefrom an escutcheon of the last, charged with a lotusflower proper.


Source : The golden book of India, a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire, by Lethbridge, Roper, Published 1893.

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