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Old 30th May 2006, 10:00 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Rivkin
My aplologies to Manoucher - while he is a great specialist, certainly of incomparably higher caliber than I am, but I find certain things he says objectionable. For example, in his recent article he claimed that "indian swords" referred in mediaval iranian sources are in fact iranian swords made from wootz. While it is possible, he did not offer any proof of such attribution, therefore I find it too optimistic.
Well, if the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail
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