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Excerpt from Indian Antiquities, Vol. 7 of 7: Or Dissertations Relative to the Ancient Geographical Divisions, the Pure System of Primeval Theology, the Grand Code of Civil Laws, the Original Form of Government, the Widely-Extended Commerce, and the Various and Profound Literature, of Hindostan Tee frontispiece of this volume, exhibiting the famous peacock-throne of the Mogul emperors of lhdiaf the subjoined account of that throne by the Baron Tavernier, who saw it about the close of the' 17th century, will probably prove acceptable to the reader. He speaks of one peacock only, but two appear in this print, which was drawn, at Delhi, by an European artist in the train of Nadir Shah, who, on the plunder of that city in 1739, broke it to pieces, and carried the jewels that composed it into Persia, whence they have been scattered through Asia and Europe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.