Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Significance of Beaded Edges/Borders on South Indian Weapons?

ariel · 6th March 2019, 05:03 PM

And more European rapiers, all 15-18 centuries. All have filigrees exactly coincident with Indian locations.
And I am still not sure whether Indian examples are of a parallel development or just imitations of foreign examples. If we can find Indian examples firmly dated to before Vasco da Gama, the latter might be excluded.

6th March 2019, 05:03 PM	#27
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	And more European rapiers, all 15-18 centuries. All have filigrees exactly coincident with Indian locations. And I am still not sure whether Indian examples are of a parallel development or just imitations of foreign examples. If we can find Indian examples firmly dated to before Vasco da Gama, the latter might be excluded. Attached Images Last edited by ariel; 6th March 2019 at 05:26 PM.