Ankus

[Miguel]

Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

Miguel,
Have a look here. BI mentions the age of the ancus http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=Ancus

It is quite interesting, as he also mentions the katar, which I took back to about the 10th century. So both are very old - and maybe even older than that.

Hi Jens,
Fascinating thread, certainly makes you think. The more you learn the more you have to alter your thinking. From that thread, although I have only read it once and will have to read it a few more times for it to sink in, I gathered that that the Kora did not appear in Nepal until around the 16thC which is roughly about the date of the oldest known Kukri but it looks as if it was known in parts of India in the 8thC, interesting. I have not really absorbed it yet. Thank you very much for providing this link.

Now I will try agin to upload the Ankus screw thread. I think my PC was downloading an update which prevented me from uploading, anyway here goes if at first you don't succeed and all that.
Kind regards
Miguel