Indian armoury markings

[olikara]

Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

Collectors of Indian weapons should be aware of, that weapons with the Bikaner armoury mark, or any armoury mark for that matter, not necessarily origins from the armoury they are marked at, and this goes for weapons being ‘said’ to have come from any armoury.

Very correct, Jens. We cannot take an armoury mark as the origin of that weapon.

The beauty of these weapons is the adventure that they have been through and when you possess them, you accompany them on that adventure. Take the case of the Bikaner Deccan pieces. Many of them are typically Hindu Vijaynagara. They were later taken by the Bijapur Sultans after the sack of Vijaynagar. Then after the Deccan Sultanates fell to Aurangazeb under his Bikaner General in Adoni, we see them moving up to Rajasthan. And now you or me have a few pieces in Switzerland and for me back to South India where it hailed from in the first place

That is what makes collecting them interesting.

Nidhi

[ariel]

Originally Posted by olikara

That is what makes collecting them interesting.

Nidhi

And attributing them nigh impossible... :-)