His five servants saw to it that all his wants were properly attended to, that no indignity to his high caste might be offered: as having his food prepared by pariah hands in the hotel kitchens, foul hands to make his bed.

He was thoroughly religious; the gods of his fathers were his in all their ramifications; he wore the Brahmin thread about his neck.
He was unique among Indian princes.

An Oxford graduate, he persistently and consistently clung to the elaborate costumes of his native state.

And when he condescended to visit any one, it was invariably stipulated that he should be permitted to bring along his habits, his costumes and his retinue.

In his suite or apartments he was the barbarian; in the drawing-room, in the ballroom, in the dining-room (where he ate nothing), he was the suave, the courteous, the educated Oriental.