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Old 16th June 2015, 04:49 AM   #1
BANDOOK
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Default 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.
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