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Tiger in History

“The eyes of the tiger are the brightest of any animal on earth. They blaze back the ambient light with awe-inspiring
intensity. It would be a tragedy and a terrible dereliction of duty if we allowed that magical fire to burn out.”

billy arjan singh, indian hunter turned conservationist
TIGER TIMELINE
SEALED WITH A TIGER
HISTOrICal rOlE Of THE TIgEr
PErIOd The earliest known depiction of the
bengal Tiger was from the Indus Valley
ancient People of the indus Valley Civilization on a seal of 2500 bC.
Period Civilization lived in the lap of
nature and they had a close
relationship with wild animals.
This is evident from many seals
of the period.

ashoka the great of the Mauryan
empire, protected wildlife. he Tiger on a seal.
believed that the state was as
responsible for wildlife as its
people.
CoINS CApTuRE TIGER
Medieval Most of the Mughal emperors The tiger crest is
Period were naturalists and passed the emblem on
regulations to protect the flora the Chola coins.
and fauna. but many of them earlier if tigers
were also fond of hunting and were embedded Chola Coin: Chennai Museum
hunted tigers and other wildlife. sher shah suri was given
the title 'sher shah' as he on the coins of kings, it meant how
killed a tiger in bihar. strong they are or their political
Colonial Tipu sultan of Mysore was supremacy.
Period fascinated with the tiger. he Stutee Narang, IX, Hansraj Model School, Delhi
used jackets made of tiger skin
to dress his army and nobility.
Many of his personal possessions ACTIVITY
had tiger designs and stripes.

under the british rule, tigers automated tiger symbol My Tiger Emblem
were hunted on a massive of Tipu sultan. Design a seal, coin or stamp using the
scale, earlier by the officers tiger as a symbol.
of the company and later by
government officials. indian
royals also used to participate
in tiger hunts.
Tiger hunt on elephant back
in 1912.

Illustration by: Mona Yadav, IX,
Army Public School, Ambala Cantt

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