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6th August 2016, 01:01 PM
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Miguel,
Perhaps Sainti might have been one of the side descendants of proto-katars ? |
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6th August 2016, 02:53 PM
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You may have wondered why I wrote, "If the man shown would be 170 cm tall, the weapon would be about 65 cm."
In Sultans of the South. MET, 2008. Klaus Rötzer writes an article Fortifications and Gunpowder in the Deccan, 1368-1687, pp. 204-217. In the article the author gives the avarange size to 1.70 cm. I dont know from where he has this size, but I guess it is from measuring the fortifications. |
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6th August 2016, 07:45 PM
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Excellent note Jens, and we have had many discussions about the perspectives in measurements in India of the times. In the note on this article on fortifications and gunpowder in the Deccan. I have reopened a thread on fortifications and guns (in this case Oman) but hope I can expand it to include the most pertinent influences in India as well. |
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6th August 2016, 09:09 PM
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Jim,
In the article the author shows some very early 'canons', which may be of interest for you on the other thread. So try to locate the article on the net. |
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16th April 2017, 04:46 PM
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Miguel, did you ever take your research of the curved south Indian swords any further? If you did, please let us know.
The kora like sword used in earlier times in the south, may not have travelled to Nepal, but may have gone out of fashion, or others on the route likely would have seen its great potential as a fighting sword. The article about the Coorg swords, will be published in September in The Royal Armoury's journal - I think. |
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17th April 2017, 04:52 PM
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Jim,
Who is the author of the article on Coorg weapons? |
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20th February 2019, 04:20 PM
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Ariel, I was remiss in not answering this and cannot fathom how I did! It was our own Nidhi Olikara who wrote a brilliant paper on the Coorg adda khathi in the Journal of the Arms & Armour Society, Vol. XXII, #4, 2017 |
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