Royal flag with sun symbol

Rajasthan, 19th c.

This radiant sun was the central emblem from a larger, probably triangular flag. It would have been carried in the processions of a Rajput ruler of solar ancestry (claiming descent from Surya the Sun god), such as the Maharana of Mewar.

(Source: flosvitae, via mabonmoon)

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