28th September 2007, 10:57 PM | #1 |
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Nepalese Pra-Swords-2
And here is something we do not see very often: Acalantha
it was discussed here: http://forums.swordforum.com/showthr...ight=acalantha Citing Rawson again( he provides no pics, unfortunately): " In the early years of Indian suzerainty ( my question: before 1726? Before or about 1324?) the leaf-bladed sword is likely to be the type most in use...... which was inspired by the Tantric Buddhist art of Bihar of the Pala period ( my comment: 8-12th centuries)" So, here it is, very heavily patinated, pretty crude blade. My questions are related to both swords: the pra-Kukri and the Acalantha. How old do you think they are? |
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