Handprint

Preserved on the walls at the entrance to the fort are the hand-prints of the wives of one ancient king. They left these marks in the plaster when they passed through as part of their husband's funeral procession, shortly before they were obliged to throw themselves onto his funeral pyre, as was the done thing at the time. I suppose women's right in India have come a long way, considering. Really puts into perspective my irritation about men staring at me on the bus...