RAEDWALD
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Sets the origins, development and use in the whole geographical context; Balkans to China.
Sets the origins, development and use in the whole geographical context; Balkans to China.
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Indian gun history from the Indian History Collective.
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I guess all the sea monsters went away when matchlocks became obsolete!
Caught my eye:
The Rajputs are often said to have fully adopted Mughal culture by the late sixteenth century but their attitude to guns and cannon certainly differed from that of the Mughals. For centuries Hindu kingly tradition had extolled the importance of becoming a chakravartin, a great ruler dominating by force of arms neighbouring lesser kings. It was unthinkable by Rajput warriors that this status could be achieved using gunpowder weapons. The Rajputs never lost their virile belief that war was a matter of individual combat for personal glory. They largely ignored other societies’ tactical development of firearms, which diminished the individual’s ability to show his skill with edged weapons and his courage. A warrior should fight his enemy up close and the Rathores had such contempt for firearms that a wound from a sword received double the compensation paid to a similar wound from a gun.
The Rajputs are often said to have fully adopted Mughal culture by the late sixteenth century but their attitude to guns and cannon certainly differed from that of the Mughals. For centuries Hindu kingly tradition had extolled the importance of becoming a chakravartin, a great ruler dominating by force of arms neighbouring lesser kings. It was unthinkable by Rajput warriors that this status could be achieved using gunpowder weapons. The Rajputs never lost their virile belief that war was a matter of individual combat for personal glory. They largely ignored other societies’ tactical development of firearms, which diminished the individual’s ability to show his skill with edged weapons and his courage. A warrior should fight his enemy up close and the Rathores had such contempt for firearms that a wound from a sword received double the compensation paid to a similar wound from a gun.
Very true, Bill!
Rajputs rather detested firearms for battle for a long time, but Did use them for hunting apparently.
Rajputs rather detested firearms for battle for a long time, but Did use them for hunting apparently.
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