1811 F. B. Solvyns Les Hindous III. xxxi. pl. 4 Ekka..perhaps the simplest carriage that can be imagined, being nothing more than a chair covered with red cloth, and fixed upon an axle-tree between two small wheels. The Ekka is drawn by one horse.

1848 J. H. Stocqueler Oriental Interpreter Ecka, a light pony gig on two wheels, with crimson cloth cushions on the top, on which the natives of India (who alone use them) sit cross-legged.

1887 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (1888) 21 The Waler jumped an ekka just above the City Drain.

1888 R. Kipling Thrown Away in Plain Tales from Hills 21 They had forgotten all about the ekka-pony, and he had gone home.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Dec. 3/2 I am going to take an ecka.

1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales 148 His wife had real silver tyres to the wheels of her ekka!

1899 Westm. Gaz. 25 Oct. 3/1 Ekka bells.

1922 19th Cent. Oct. 592 The bullock carts, the loaded camels, the eccas, the elephants, of typical India.

1966 E. Newby Slowly down Ganges 101 The only vehicle..was an ekka, a small pony cart with a canopy over it and side curtains.

1967 Telegraph (Brisbane) 5 Aug. 2/2 Brisbane's ‘Ekka’..is the focal point of months of planning, organisation and discussions.

1978 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 21 Aug. 4/10 I think the ‘Ekka’ should be shifted to a new site on the periphery of Brisbane.

1984 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 Aug. 10/5 In 1982, Sir Ninian Stephen broke a 50-year tradition by refusing to open the Ekka.