Below is a collage shows Indian items at The Clive Museum at Powis Castle.

‘One of the very first Indian words to enter the English language was the Hindustani slang for plunder: “loot”. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this word was rarely heard outside the plains of north India until the late 18th century, when it suddenly became a common term across Britain’ - (William Dalrymple).

Plundering of India lasted for the next few centuries, when the British left India. Many Museums and private collections in Britain hugely enriched their collections with Indian antiquities and artefacts during this period. The most notorious of all collections in Britain is ‘The Clive Museum’ at Powis Castle. The collection was acquired by Lord Clive, using violence, brutality and savagery in India.

Below is a collage shows Indian items at The Clive Museum at Powis Castle.

1. Palanquin, or covered travelling couch, belonging to Siraj ud-Daulah and now part of the Clive Collection at Powis Castle.
2. Tent and slippers of Tipu Sultan.