This is a study of the achievements of the royal house of Bikaner that traces the exploits of twenty-five generations. It is an account that deals with the contribution of the Bikaner royalty to art, music, literature and culture and helped in the growth and development of the region. Beginning with the laying of the foundation of the dynasty by Rao Bika in 1465, it details how successive generations fought wars in faraway lands in India and the world, achieving ...
This book evokes the romance of the rugged desert kingdom of Bikaner and its royal family. In the midst of the large and mysterious sand of the Thar Desert rises the imposing beauty of the Lallgarh Palace, Bikaner. Stories whispered by the wind as it frolicked and raged over the long caravans that crawled across this mighty desert, have been caught and penned by Princess Rajyashree Kumari. Built in 1902 by architect Sir Swinton Jacob, as residence of for Maharaja ...