18th March 2016, 01:11 AM
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One of the few images I know of that show kora, it has been posted on the forum before but this is from a very high resolution image.
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'Assemblage of Ghoorkas', 1815. Robert Havell and Son after James Baillie Fraser. James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856) travelled through Nepal and the Himalayas in 1815. He described the Gurkha people: 'Their soldiers are stout, thick, well built men, in general; very active and strong for their size. They understand the use of the 'tulwar,' or sabre, and prefer close fighting, giving an onset with a loud shout: each man wears, besides his sword, a crooked, long, heavy knife, called 'cookree'.
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Last edited by estcrh; 18th March 2016 at 01:26 AM.
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