[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of the Mahrattas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826) › v2.c43.26 # A History of the Mahrattas v2.c43.26 A History of the Mahrattas v2.c43.26 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c43.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c43.26) ² A \*palkee\* is totally different from the more useful and convenient, though less splendid conveyance, commonly used by Europeans, and termed by them palanquin. The natives, who call them \*meynas\*, also use the same conveyance, but the \*palkee\* is a sort of short bedstead, over which a pole very much curved in the middle is fastened, and above all, a scarlet cloth stretched on bamboos as an awning, and sometimes very highly ornamented, is placed. When used by ladies there are screens affixed to the upper cloth. - [Previous: v2.c43.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c43.25) - [Next: v2.c43.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c43.27) - [Up: v2.c43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c43) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c43.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c43.26) · Pramāṇa