Here, scribblers of the East India Company babus to friend and foe duplicated and triplicated everything they could lay their hands on in the Writers' Buildings.
They were tracing paintings from the Artists' Buildings.
mnli hypothesis: They were tracing paintings from the Artists' Buildings. premise: Here, scribblers of the East India Company babus to friend and foe duplicated and triplicated everything they could lay their hands on in the Writers' Buildings.