ROYAL INDIAN ELEPHANT RIDE ZARI ART AN INTRICATE PORTRAIT OF AN ROYAL INDIAN ELEPHANT USED IN ANCIENT INDIA FOR ROYAL TRANSPORTATION, NOTICE THE ROYAL ADORNMENTS ON THE ANIMAL. THE ANIMALS HAD A ROYAL MAHOUT OR A PERSON WHO CONTROLLED THE ELEPHANT AND TENDED TO IT . THE ELEPHANT IS ALSO REVERED IN INDIA DUE TO ANCIENT HINDU MYTHOLOGY.