"As our jeep stopped, a cacophony of children ringed us, and our dubhashiya or interpreter led us to the Wanghem, the Angh's 'palace'. The'palace' is an outsize hut, 150 feet long and about 30 feet high from the ground to its ridge pole, built on the same design as the other huts but about four times larger. The Angh needs the extra elbow room as he has a wife (Wang chu), fifteen concubines and forty children." - excerpt from Where on Earth am I? by Jug Suraiya, pg 20.
p/s: bold mine
What makes a king king? The palace or the luxury to have 16 wives (or misfortune, depending...)? Would a king still need a palace if he didn't have such a big entourage? Or was it customary to 'fill up the space' since he could afford it?
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