howdah in English
noun
1
(in South Asia) a seat for riding on the back of an elephant or camel, typically with a canopy and accommodating two or more people.
The umpire of the game oversees the play from a wooden howdah (bench type seat) on the back of the largest elephant.
noun
houdah
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1. The third arm of the Greco-Bactrian army was the Indian war elephants, which are depicted in some coins with a tower (thorakion) or howdah housing men armed with bows and javelins