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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 9th November 2018, 04:30 PM
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Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Bhushan, very interesting that they were cooking...

Bhushan, very interesting that they were cooking while travelling - I did not know this.


In 1472(?) it did not rain in Deccan for two years, and many people and animals died, while other moved...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th November 2018, 09:39 PM
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Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Thank you Ian. Jens

Thank you Ian.
Jens
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 7th November 2018, 04:55 PM
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Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Fernando - I may not be remembering correctly, as...

Fernando - I may not be remembering correctly, as it could be half a century ago since I was in the Army.
Interesting article, although I think that the logistic then made it a bit different - the...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 6th November 2018, 03:52 PM
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Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Yes it is an interesting link Shayde. When I was...

Yes it is an interesting link Shayde. When I was in the army, a 'century' ago, I remember the C-rations, I dont remember any A or B-rations.
Without knowing it, I would think each Indian soldier, at...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th November 2018, 09:39 PM
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Posted By Jens Nordlunde
I am sorry, but I do not understand your last two...

I am sorry, but I do not understand your last two mails.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 5th November 2018, 09:21 PM
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Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Fernando, yes it is true that the preparations...

Fernando, yes it is true that the preparations took months. Sometimes up to three months.
This was not all about foot, but to gather an army took time, as you had to write to all your 'friends' and...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 5th November 2018, 04:41 PM
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Posted By Jens Nordlunde
While reading Jonathan Scott's book quoting...

While reading Jonathan Scott's book quoting sources wirting about the history, but also about the present time - 15th - 16th century, I have seen mentioned no where, what they did with all the dead...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 4th November 2018, 09:28 PM
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Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Fernando, you would be right about the wood, as...

Fernando, you would be right about the wood, as they had a lot of it in India - but newly felled wood would be no good in this case - as it would not be dry wood, and that is what you would need for...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 4th November 2018, 03:38 PM
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Posted By Jens Nordlunde
I am reading Jonathan Scott's book. ...

I am reading Jonathan Scott's book.

Ferishta's History of Dekkan from The First Mahummedan Conquests, with A Continuation from other Native Writers, of The Events in That Part of India, to the...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 3rd November 2018, 10:25 PM
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Posted By Jens Nordlunde
You are right Fernando, It was not a marching...

You are right Fernando, It was not a marching 'stream' of soldiers. A king asked his supporters to send armies, and so they would arrive in 'drops' so to say - if they arrived at all.
About an army...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 3rd November 2018, 07:14 PM
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Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Yes Fernando, but imagine such an army passing by...

Yes Fernando, but imagine such an army passing by villages. A single village would not have been able to feed an army - and when you consider at which speed such an army moved - they would only have...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 3rd November 2018, 05:39 PM
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Posted By Jens Nordlunde
How to feed an Indian army?

I am now and again wondering about the TONS of food an army needed. Lets take a medium army – 30,000 men on horse, 60,000 men on foot, 500 elephants, camels, bullocks, donkies and all the followers...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd November 2018, 05:05 PM
Replies: 122
Views: 131,228
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Fernando, thank you very much for the tip which...

Fernando, thank you very much for the tip which is interesting, but after a second thought I think I will leave it as it is.
The texxt could maybe be as you say, but made by an Indian hand.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st November 2018, 04:50 PM
Replies: 122
Views: 131,228
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Thank you for the pictures Fernando. Having...

Thank you for the pictures Fernando.
Having looked at the blade once more, I still think it is an Indian copy of a blade from Portugal
It is interesting to notice that a lot of the blades...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st October 2018, 05:02 PM
Replies: 122
Views: 131,228
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Fernando, Thank you for the pictures. Do...

Fernando,

Thank you for the pictures.
Do you have any pictures showing what the inscription on my blade might have looked like?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th October 2018, 04:07 PM
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Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Helleri, I dont know how to do this, does anyone...

Helleri, I dont know how to do this, does anyone have an idea?
Would X-ray show anything? If it is possible, there will, no doubt, be so much dirt under the langet, so it will be impossible to see...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th October 2018, 10:24 PM
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Views: 131,228
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Yes Jim, a name could be hidden behind the langet...

Yes Jim, a name could be hidden behind the langet - but we will never find out, as I am not going to take it apart - thempting, but no.


Ok Fernando, I have hakan a pictire of the other side,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th October 2018, 04:34 PM
Replies: 122
Views: 131,228
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Fernando, I am really not sure, as it looks as...

Fernando,
I am really not sure, as it looks as if on the blade, just under the langet, there is an 'L' - see your detail picture of the blade, post 27. So maybe there is an inscrpition under the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th October 2018, 10:34 PM
Replies: 128
Views: 133,092
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Yes Ariel is right when he writes, and so is B.I....

Yes Ariel is right when he writes, and so is B.I.
"Looking for a katar with obvious mail-induced damage to the tip is, IMHO, an exercise in futility. A stuck one would remain on the battlefield,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th October 2018, 03:52 PM
Replies: 128
Views: 133,092
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Has it ever been testet with which power a katar...

Has it ever been testet with which power a katar can hit its target?
If it has, it should give en idea, although not proven in reality, if it is possible to penetrade a mail shirt.
There are a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th October 2018, 10:09 PM
Replies: 128
Views: 133,092
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
I dont know how often you search, but now and...

I dont know how often you search, but now and again it is worth to do so.

I think this old thread is well worth to be read, as it gives a lot of interesting informations.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th October 2018, 03:57 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 16,837
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
You are right Peter, and Robert shows it in Hindu...

You are right Peter, and Robert shows it in Hindu Arms and Ritual p. 148 ill. 15.6. However in this case the katars are used against an animal.
This does, of course, not mean that two katars could...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd October 2018, 04:22 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 16,837
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Ahriman, sorry for the 'late' answer. I dont...

Ahriman, sorry for the 'late' answer.
I dont have a Tooroom, and maybe what Ariel is thinking about is the one shown on p. 149 in Robert Elgood's book Hindu Arms and Ritual. I have never seen one,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th October 2018, 04:25 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 44,911
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Jon, thank you for showing this very old Man...

Jon, thank you for showing this very old Man Stone.
When it comes to sculptures I am sometimes wondering if it is a Hero Stone, or if it is a deity. Especially when it is so old and worn as this...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th October 2018, 04:05 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 18,529
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Thank you very much for the explanation.

Thank you very much for the explanation.
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