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As many women in the earlier era observed "purdah", they used separate transport whenever they stepped out of their houses
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[Original caption] Zenana Carriage, Jeypore. This picture of the quaint and thoroughly Oriental-looking vehicle was taken in a street of Jeypore, the capital of the state of that name in Rajputana. The Zenana carriage is used by the ladies of the Zenana, a Hindustani name meaning women, and which corresponds to the harem in Arabic-speaking Moslem lands. [end] |
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