Significance of Beaded Edges/Borders on South Indian Weapons?

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Significance of Beaded Edges/Borders on South Indian Weapons?

Nihl Significance of Beaded... 4th March 2019, 02:51 AM

Jens Nordlunde Hi Nihl, I cant,... 4th March 2019, 02:16 PM

mross Let me first plead ignorance... 4th March 2019, 03:52 PM

Mercenary Nihl, this is an ancient... 4th March 2019, 04:13 PM

Jens Nordlunde Marcenary, this is a very... 4th March 2019, 04:36 PM

Mercenary Of course. As well as not all... 4th March 2019, 05:06 PM

Jim McDougall I think the use of beaded... 4th March 2019, 05:56 PM

ariel Elgood’s entire first Indian... 4th March 2019, 11:30 PM

Bob A It's often seemed to me that... 5th March 2019, 02:57 AM

ariel Good point! Al Sabah... 5th March 2019, 04:51 AM

Mercenary I read the Bible. There is... 5th March 2019, 10:10 AM

Jens Nordlunde Maybe the beaded edges were... 7th March 2019, 02:26 PM

Jim McDougall That is an excellent... 7th March 2019, 03:52 PM

Nihl Hi all, sorry I can't post as... 8th March 2019, 01:26 AM

ariel Actually, Indians did copy... 8th March 2019, 04:36 AM

4th March 2019, 04:13 PM	#4
Mercenary Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 428	Nihl, this is an ancient non-vedic tradition most likely Tamil in origin when cows, warhorses, elefants and people were decorated with flower or bell garlands. These were not only ornaments for the fests, weddings and so. The tradition was rooted in religious and mystical views and closely related to military traditions and weapons accordingly. Million thanks for such theme.

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