THE MAHARAJAH'S GARAGE.(evaluation of vintage cars)

Byline: RONAN MCGRATH The desert state of Rajasthan is today a favorite destination for visitors to India and provides a vivid contrast to the density, pollution and 16 million people of Mumbai, the financial capital an hour's flight away. Yet not so long ago, things were very different. The oldest dynasty in the world, the maharajahs of Mewar, ruled here from the sixth century until Indian independence.

Even through the British Raj, they kept their wealth and splendid palaces, and in the 1920s and '30s, it was the maharajahs-not oil sheikhs or a go-go U.S. market-that kept ...

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