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________________ 356 THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY. [DECEMBER, 1893. The figures are further extremely instructive in the matter of costume, and how instructive in the matter of arms, the accompanying drawing, taken by Mr. D. M. Gordon of the Burma Secretariat from the original bricks, will shew. 13 2 10 7 14 22 15 The d'ds or knives are shown in figs. (1), (4), (6), (9), (10): an adze in fig. (2): daggers in figs. (5), (8): spears in figs. (3), (7), (8), (11), (18): round embossed shields (P of leather) in figs. (1), (2), (5), (fig. (5) has a peculiarly Indian attitude and appearance), (6), (14): square shields (? of bamboo) in figs. (9), (10), (13): a Malay kris in fig. (14): a wooden mallet in fig. (15): an Indian composite bow, with arrow in fig. (12) (the arrow appears to have palm-leaf 'feathers"): a Kachin cross-bow and arrow in fig. (14): and a quoit in fig. (7).
SR No.032514
Book TitleIndian Antiquary Vol 22
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorRichard Carnac Temple
PublisherSwati Publications
Publication Year1984
Total Pages442
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size19 MB
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