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Baron and Viscount of Perném.The Viscount of Pernem was the highest ranked Asian in European nobility, Hindu or Christian.The title of Baron was given to the ruler of Pernem, Vassudeva Deshprabhu, a nobleman with office in the Palace, perhaps the wealthiest zamindar of Portuguese India, residing in his Palace in Pernem, by decree of 14/6 /1878 (Luís I of Portugal), His son Atmaram Vassudeva ...
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Use of the term feudalism to describe India applies a concept of medieval European origin, according to which the landed nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in ...
Samrat, (Sanskrit: samrāt or सम्राट) is an ancient Indian title meaning "king of all lands". [4] The feminine form is Samrājñī ("queen of all lands"). Chakravarti, the universal monarch in the history of India. The feminine form is Chakravartini. Chakravartigal, the equivalent of the northern Chakravarti.
A tawaif was a highly successful courtesan singer‚ dancer‚ and poet who catered to the nobility of the Indian subcontinent, particularly during the Mughal era. Many tawaifs ( nautch girls to the British) were forced to go into prostitution due to a lack of opportunities by the time of the British Raj .
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India and China have connections throughout the thousands of years of history. Paper had already reached some parts of India as early as the 6th or 7th century, [206] [207] [208] initially through Chinese travellers and the ancient silk road which India was very well connected with. Earlier some historians believed that paper failed to catch on ...