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26th April 2007, 02:47 PM | #1 |
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A Rajput with his sword
Here you see a Rajput with his sword, it is from a book called A history of Rajasthan by Rima Hooja - 1246 pages! The picture is said to have been take about 1960.
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26th April 2007, 09:31 PM | #2 |
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Hello Jens,
This is an instructive picture, the pommel disk is very similar to the disk on one of my tulwars. It's been discussed before and the consensus was that it was possibly from Rajasthan. Thank you for it. Emanuel - I am posting the picture from CollectingNewbie, as I haven't taken new pictures yet. |
13th September 2007, 05:53 AM | #3 |
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Since the thread on Fernando's tulwar has brought up the tulwars of the Rajputs, I found this earlier post by Jens most interesting. The idea of the significance of decorative motif within the pommel makes me wonder if this one might suggest solar symbolism.
As I noted on the other thread, the three basic Rajput lines were said to descend from the Hindu gods of sun, moon and fire. Gentlemen, please bring out the tulwars and lets see the pommel discs! Also, we need to know more about the size of the discs. Some are exceedingly large. Best regards, Jim |
13th September 2007, 06:19 AM | #4 |
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Hi Jim and Jens (I hope you had a great trip).
I don't have much to add to this thread, but, I thought I would post this postcard that was on e-bay awhile ago. Maybe it can add to someones knowledge, who knows? All the best, Jeff |
13th September 2007, 06:30 AM | #5 |
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I forgot about this one as well. The caption at the bottom is "RAJPOOTS"
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13th September 2007, 08:55 AM | #6 |
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my tulwar
hi all
with heavy blade |
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in souk for antics near airport, stored between cupboard and wall every things was repainted during a refurbishing, imagine diameter of pommel ± 2,75' à + Dom |
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13th September 2007, 03:19 PM | #8 |
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Three of mine.
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13th September 2007, 09:51 PM | #9 |
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A few more
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