A covered carriage, sedan chair, or similar conveyance used in South Asia, particularly India, for carrying important people or goods.
From Hindi 'ambāri' or Sanskrit sources, describing a traditional South Asian vehicle. The word entered English during the colonial period when British officials documented Indian transportation methods and culture.
An ambari was a status symbol—the quality of your ambari, its decoration, and the number of bearers carrying it told everyone in town exactly how important and wealthy you were!
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