Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s2.t1.97

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³ The *durbash*, according to Raverty, was a kind of spear with two horns and branches, the wooden staff of which used to be studded with jewels and ornamented with gold and silver. This used to be carried before the sovereign when he issued forth, in order that people perceiving it from a distance might know that the king was coming and that they might make way for him by standing on one side (Raverty, note, p.607).