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English: Fish-mouth cannon ca. 17th century, owned by Gazni Khan, Mehrangarh Fort Museum, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
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Long and slender barrel with a dragon like fish mouth. Patterned tiger skin engraved on the barrel. Inscribed in Persian and Devanagari. This cannon belongs to Gazni Khan, signifies victory over Jalore by Maha Rajkumar Gaj Singh in the reign of Maharaja Sur Singh in 1607 A.D.
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Jalore."
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Camera location26° 17′ 52.15″ N, 73° 01′ 08.79″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
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