Khanda Sword

BANDOOK · 16th June 2015, 04:49 AM

A RAJASTHANI KHANDA SWORD FROM AROUND 1680 A.D WITHA HINDU BASKET HILT SURROUNDED BY A SPIKE.FROM THE TOP OF THE POMMEL PROTRUDED A SPIKE WHICH NOT ONLY ACTED AS A GUARD FOR THE ARM BUT COULD ALSO BE GRIPPED BY THE LEFT HAND WHILE MAKING A TWO HANDED STROKE,THIS INCREASED THE IMPACT OF THE BLOWAND IN MANY ASPECTS TEH KHANDA WAS THE MOST EFFECTIVE,VERSATILE LONG-BLADD WEAPON EVER DEVELOPED.
THE KHANDA WAS A CUTTING AND SLASHING WEAPON.
THE KHANDA WITH THE BASKET HILT AND THE TALWAR WITH THE HINDU HILT MAY BE CONSIDERED THE NATIONAL SWORDS OF INDIA.

16th June 2015, 04:49 AM	#1
BANDOOK Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: AUCKLAND,NEW ZEALAND Posts: 624	Khanda Sword A RAJASTHANI KHANDA SWORD FROM AROUND 1680 A.D WITHA HINDU BASKET HILT SURROUNDED BY A SPIKE.FROM THE TOP OF THE POMMEL PROTRUDED A SPIKE WHICH NOT ONLY ACTED AS A GUARD FOR THE ARM BUT COULD ALSO BE GRIPPED BY THE LEFT HAND WHILE MAKING A TWO HANDED STROKE,THIS INCREASED THE IMPACT OF THE BLOWAND IN MANY ASPECTS TEH KHANDA WAS THE MOST EFFECTIVE,VERSATILE LONG-BLADD WEAPON EVER DEVELOPED. THE KHANDA WAS A CUTTING AND SLASHING WEAPON. THE KHANDA WITH THE BASKET HILT AND THE TALWAR WITH THE HINDU HILT MAY BE CONSIDERED THE NATIONAL SWORDS OF INDIA. Attached Images

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