Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s2.t1.96

c5.s2.t1.96

The Indian *durbash*, like its Persian predecessor, was a wooden staff branching at the top and plated with gold.³ It was used to keep common people at a distance from the monarch. The Hindu symbol was the *Morchal* (or Chauri) which was used to keep away the flies from the royal person. It appears that the *durbash* in Hindustan was modified to serve the purpose of the Hindu *morchal* also.⁴