Of the time when people were carried in palanquins in Madras

Palanquins, the precise connection tracing its origins to the Sanskrit paryanka and the Tamil pallakku, were however the precocious and mighty got astir Madras of the 17th and 18th Centuries. Even records of The East India Company incorporate details of prosecute charges of palanquin bearers, with rates higher than adjacent hiring horses. Nowadays, this yesteryear means of transport is chiefly consigned to museums