Poisoned pearls

Mercenary · 28th November 2017, 07:51 PM

It remains to understand how deep the wounds must be in the case when the pearls or bearings in sabers were located at the base of the blade near the hilt

A bit more. Is it so easy to make grooves in wootz? To put the pearls (!) or bearings inside blade that they can roll there freely? Only to smear it all with poison?
The poison needed when the weapon only scratches, but does not penetrate into the body with the entire length and width of its blade

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 29th November 2017, 10:00 PM

Part of the range of questions asks did India use poison on their weapons?

The answer is certainly yes since the reference https://books.google.com.om/books?id...&f=falsestates that Alexander encountered this when Indian troops fired poisoned arrows using viper and cobra poison. As alluded to by Jens the moral code at the time forbade the use of these toxins on weapons since Hindu Laws of Manu and the Brahmin and higher Castes prohibited it.

And certainly no; if consideration is given to the fact that a lot of myth and legend is built into the chronicles of his campaign.

28th November 2017, 07:51 PM	#1
Mercenary Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 430	It remains to understand how deep the wounds must be in the case when the pearls or bearings in sabers were located at the base of the blade near the hilt A bit more. Is it so easy to make grooves in wootz? To put the pearls (!) or bearings inside blade that they can roll there freely? Only to smear it all with poison? The poison needed when the weapon only scratches, but does not penetrate into the body with the entire length and width of its blade Last edited by Mercenary; 28th November 2017 at 08:43 PM.

29th November 2017, 10:00 PM	#2
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	Part of the range of questions asks did India use poison on their weapons? The answer is certainly yes since the reference https://books.google.com.om/books?id...&f=falsestates that Alexander encountered this when Indian troops fired poisoned arrows using viper and cobra poison. As alluded to by Jens the moral code at the time forbade the use of these toxins on weapons since Hindu Laws of Manu and the Brahmin and higher Castes prohibited it. And certainly no; if consideration is given to the fact that a lot of myth and legend is built into the chronicles of his campaign. Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 29th November 2017 at 10:25 PM.