My narrative: In 1328, Captain Joost de Blank, near the end of his service with the Dutch East India Company, explored land trade routes across India, and was invited by the Maharaja of Jaisalmer, Rawal Kalyandas (who ruled 1624 – 1634) to inspect the Jaisalmer Fort. Captain de Blank subsequently took the year 1629 to make his way by long ocean voyage to retirement in Amsterdam. The following year he became a subject for a Rembrandt painting titled Old Man in Military Costume. Courtesy, the Open Content Program of the J. Paul Getty Museum,
