The Raj

[MaryamSeresht]

Hi,

You can read on the posters of this travel agency in India, sentences such as:

"Experience the grandeur of the Raj; come to Sikkim, land of over two hundred monasteries."

I want to know if Raj here refers to British rule in India?

Many thanks.
Chapter 40 of Inheritance of Loss, a novel by Kiran Desai.

 

[PaulQ]

Yes, there was only one "The Raj." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Raj

 

[MaryamSeresht]

Thank you.