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If I may round off by indicating where I mean by Bukhara...below. The map on the right illustrating the vast network of silk road "tributaries" ...
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I stumbled upon this at http://www.aljantiques.com/a-bronze-...h-century.html Just the hilt... Amazing!!
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Indeed.
Looks very South Indian to me. Perhaps I might have been wrong insisting on Nortwest Frontier? :-) |
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On a specific area I wouldn't like to say...It does seem to lend itself to the Shashka blade... however, it seems to me that any number of sword making schools could present a similar hilt... I think that is what makes Indian sword style so difficult to crack... and we have to date only a handful of examples... but the Tunkou and knuckle guard are a fascinating combination. ![]() |
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Not too sure Ariel....it seems there have long been somewhat unclear and indeterminate in many cases ties between the Northwest and the Deccan. It does not seem hard to imagine cross diffusion , making as Ibrahiim notes, pretty tough classification challenges. |
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When it rains, it pours...
Two more. No doubt: we are talking about a real , but heretofore non-described pattern |
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Black handle, white handle... :-)
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