Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - On the Use of Indian Terms for Identification of Weapon Types

ariel · 13th June 2022, 08:28 PM

Well, further arguments seem to be pointless. At the end of the day, we are obligated to accept the interpretations advanced by professional researchers of Indian weapons well versed in Indian and Persian linguistics and with vast and long experience in that field.

I shall take Hales, Elgood and Jens Nordlunde any moment.

Of course, other people have a right to stick to their guns and advance novel revolutionary interpretations.

But, as my former mentor taught me, the rule #1 of any research is "It is nice to be the "first", but what really counts is to be right".

13th June 2022, 08:28 PM	#142
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Well, further arguments seem to be pointless. At the end of the day, we are obligated to accept the interpretations advanced by professional researchers of Indian weapons well versed in Indian and Persian linguistics and with vast and long experience in that field. I shall take Hales, Elgood and Jens Nordlunde any moment. Of course, other people have a right to stick to their guns and advance novel revolutionary interpretations. But, as my former mentor taught me, the rule #1 of any research is "It is nice to be the "first", but what really counts is to be right".