Inscription identification of two Indian chainmail-plate armour (Zirah Baktar)

[mahratt]

Originally Posted by Richard R.

Hi, Dimitry

Thank you for the nice pictures of your mail-plate armour.

Apparently there are chainmail-plate shirts with two main front plates and those with two pairs of overlapping main front plates, as well as those with three or of five rows of small plates in the back.

I wonder if these differences have something to do with a time period, geographic area or the size of the wearer?

Richard

Hello, Richard.

My opinion is that these chain mails were produced at about the same time in the same geographical region (Deccan). And the difference in the number of rows of small plates in the back is related to the size of the chain mail.

Dmitry

[mahratt]

A few more similar chain mail from private collections + a link to information about the arsenal in Bikaner:
https://www.mandarinmansion.com/article/bikaner-armory