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Fish standard (mahi-maratib). This standard for royal processions was commonly used as one of the insignia of the Mughal sovereign and may have been used in the Deccan by a vassal king or in emulation of Mughal imperial style. Gilt copper and iron, North Deccan, India, c. 1700 CE, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (photo credit: Michael Pregill).

Fish standard (mahi-maratib). This standard for royal processions was commonly used as one of the insignia of the Mughal sovereign and may have been used in the Deccan by a vassal king or in emulation of Mughal imperial style. Gilt copper and iron, North Deccan, India, c. 1700 CE, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (photo credit: Michael Pregill).

Fish standard (mahi-maratib). This standard for royal processions was commonly used as one of the insignia of the Mughal sovereign and may have been used in the Deccan by a vassal king or in emulation of Mughal imperial style. Gilt copper and iron, North Deccan, India, c. 1700 CE, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (photo credit: Michael Pregill).

Fish standard (mahi-maratib). This standard for royal processions was commonly used as one of the insignia of the Mughal sovereign and may have been used in the Deccan by a vassal king or in emulation of Mughal imperial style. Gilt copper and iron, North Deccan, India, c. 1700 CE, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (photo credit: Michael Pregill).

Fish standard (mahi-maratib). This standard for royal processions was commonly used as one of the insignia of the Mughal sovereign and may have been used in the Deccan by a vassal king or in emulation of Mughal imperial style. Gilt copper and iron, North Deccan, India, c. 1700 CE, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (photo credit: Michael Pregill).

Fish standard (mahi-maratib). This standard for royal processions was commonly used as one of the insignia of the Mughal sovereign and may have been used in the Deccan by a vassal king or in emulation of Mughal imperial style. Gilt copper and iron, North Deccan, India, c. 1700 CE, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (photo credit: Michael Pregill).