How old is this thing sir? And what is it made of.
Another Shield with copper stubs Sanauli
Makes u wonder just what kind of people lived in these ages.
Oldest Helmet found in India from Sabauli. Around 4000 years old.
Antenna Sword from Sabauli.
Shield
Wood, studded with copper.How old is this thing sir? And what is it made of.
Didn’t the Gupta’s use cataphracts and horse archery?
Agreed. Given how easily they destroyed the Sakas (something even the Satavanhas were unable to do) they definetly had a formidable cavarlyMost likely. They probably adopted Kushan, Saka models. I am for certain they used auxiliaries.
Didn’t the Gupta’s use cataphracts and horse archery?
Woah The Shungas used horse archery? I actually did not know that.Militaristic artistic work is pretty rare, but we actually do have some horse archer models from Satavahana, Sungas to the Gutpas.
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Satavahana model, clearly a dedicated horse archer in a war scene.
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Sunga example
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Gupta period, unlike the others this one has Central Asian characteristics like rider boots, quiver below the waist like C. Asians, etc.
Well, cant say if it was a cohesive unit of mounted archers like in the C. Asian style, but it's worth posting anyway, right? Looks like it's someone in the military, not in a hunt, etc.Woah The Shungas used horse archery? I actually did not know that.
Khalinga warriors dueling, 2nd Century BC
Right is a female warrior
Charioteer with scale armor, armed with a re-curved bow, with a crescent headed arrowhead. Driver has some sort of long sleeve clothing, drawing four horses.
Kosambi, Eastern India. Dating is probably from 2nd Century BC to 1st Century AD at most.
All this depictions of Women with weapons makes me think that women played an active role in warrior cultureView attachment 51717
Mathura, 2nd-3rd Century AD, Indian Women with a large Indian broadsword - ancestor of the Khanda
It's just fact. This is mentioned by Greek ambassador to the Maurya court Megasthenes and is supported by several images of the same. The one above is more artistic play, but there are legit female guards, female archers, female charioteers, etc. I am not saying they were bunch of dedicated unit of females on the battle field, but highly trained state sponsored personal bodyguards without a doubt.All this depictions of Women with weapons makes me think that women played an active role in warrior culture
yes there is a figurine depicting armoured elephant probably from early centuries AD or before christianity.Unlike Celucid war-elephants there's no evidence, nor pictorial/sculptural depictions of armoured war elephants in India before 1000 AD
Is that so?.. Ok then you should have no trouble presenting that example with its source, origin & time estimation.yes there is a figurine depicting armoured elephant probably from early centuries AD or before christianity.