Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Indian Swords with downward curving blades

Jens Nordlunde · 31st December 2015, 04:42 PM

Miguel,

I think I have something for you.
Robert Elgood: Hindu Arms and Ritual, page 86, illustrations 8.21, 8.22 and 8.23.
Elgood writes that the pictures are from the Vitthala temple, Hampi early 16th century, and he adds 'it is clear that this kind of sword was in common use over a large part of southern India untill at least the mid-sixteenth century'.
Unfortunately he does not explain why these blades went out of use in the south.

Jens

31st December 2015, 04:42 PM	#60
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Miguel, I think I have something for you. Robert Elgood: Hindu Arms and Ritual, page 86, illustrations 8.21, 8.22 and 8.23. Elgood writes that the pictures are from the Vitthala temple, Hampi early 16th century, and he adds 'it is clear that this kind of sword was in common use over a large part of southern India untill at least the mid-sixteenth century'. Unfortunately he does not explain why these blades went out of use in the south. Jens