Two Edged Swords in Bagan

[~Alaung_Hpaya~]

Originally Posted by Alam Shah

Hi, I'm not familiar with the sword form, but the picture 2 and 3 of the idols seems to be holding spearheads, similar to those used in the movie picture.

As for the sword form, is it historically accurate?
Are there similar older examples, in museums perhaps?
Or other publications, books, magazines and other reference material?

Interesting...

Most Burmese art is unfortunately religious and stylised . The film which tries to be as historically accurate as possible ( given the difficulty ) relies on such murals , bas reliefs and sculptures from that era of which there are many . The Burmese are great recyclers and apart from religion believe firmly in the impermanence of material things . This includes royal palaces which were made of wood rather than brick or stone which was reserved for the church . There are no surviving examples of actual swords .

Buddha statues/ reliefs from that era showing Siddharta cutting off his long hair also seem to show him using a doubled edged sword . I'll post a picture if I can find one .

Historically accurate ? ( this is cinema )