Hindu Arms and Ritual: Arms and Armour from India 1400-1865

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i agree, its a fantastic in-depth research and a must for both novice and long-in-the-tooth :-)
robert merely scratches the surface and opens up many subjects for debate, which was his intention. it still leaves much work to be done, but i feel it is the most important book since egerton on indian arms.
my one gripe is the title, in that there are many islamic arms included in the book, so to corner hindu alone in the title is misleading. it would be a shame for readers to assume deccani daggers are hindu, which is not the case. hardly a gripe though as the content is a pleasure to read and the illustrations are wonderful.
any piece of writing can be critisized if broken down word for word, and any author puts his head on the block when published, but as a book this definately holds its own.
i hope others will take up the baton as its way too vast a subject for one man to cover (although he seems to be covering a lot of miles in his subject matters! - balkans next i believe)