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<div>{{Short description|Sword of India}}<br />
[[File:Szabla Tarwar (Indie) - Muzeum Azji i Pacyfiku.jpg|thumb|Talwar]]<br />
There are a number of swords that originated in India and have seen their usage throughout the history of warfare.<br />
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==Overview==<br />
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In the [[Indian subcontinent]], one of the earliest available [[Bronze age sword]]s of copper was discovered by the period of [[Indus Valley civilization]]. Swords have been recovered in archaeological findings throughout the [[Ganges]]-[[Jamuna River (Bangladesh)|Jamuna]] [[Doab]] region of Indian subcontinent, consisting of [[bronze]] but more commonly [[copper]].<ref name=allchin111-114>Allchin, pp. 111–14</ref> Swords have been also discovered in [[Fatehgarh]], where there are several varieties of hilt.<ref name=allchin111-114/> These swords have been variously dated to times between 1700 and 1400 BC. Other swords from this period in India have been discovered from [[Kallur_archaeological_site#Swords|Kallur, Raichur]].<ref> Allchin, F. R. in ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=H2GW1PTHQ1YC South Asian Archaeology 1975: Papers from The Third International Conference of The Association of South Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe, Held in Paris''] (December 1979) edited by J. E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw. Brill Academic Publishers, Incorporated. 106–18. {{ISBN|90-04-05996-2}}</ref><br />
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In general, Indians have significantly used one-handed swords in order to carry the shield along with them. Nevertheless, there has been use of two-handed swords in India, such as by [[Naga people]] of [[Assam]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=xb90CwAAQBAJ Hank Reinhardt's The Book of Swords], [[Hank Reinhardt]] Baen Publishing Enterprises, p. 201-202</ref><br />
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The Indian swords have been also used by Arabians<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=M3UMAQAAIAAJ Indian Warfare: An Appraisal of Strategy and Tactics of War in Early Medieval Period] Surinder Kumar Bhakari, p. 101</ref> and [[Europe]]ans since medieval times.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=FW5FaeZEVAsC The Sword and the Crucible: A History of the Metallurgy of European Swords Up to the 16th Century], p.35, Alan Williams, [[BRIL]]</ref><br />
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Swords have culturally influenced the iconography and culture of India.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=B33sAAAAMAAJ The Indian Sword], p. 29-40</ref> Sikhs consider sword to be holy and the Sikh emblem ([[Khanda (Sikh symbol)]]) depicts a doubled-edged sword surrounded by a circle and two curved swords.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=QJyZKOtHWg4C How and why Do Hindus Celebrate Divali?], Jean Mead, 2008, p. 29</ref><br />
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==List of Indian swords==<br />
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*[[Aruval]] (machete)<br />
*[[Asi (Mahabharata)|Asi (sword)]]<br />
*[[Ayudha katti]] (sword)<br />
*[[Bichuwa]] (dagger)<br />
*[[Firangi (sword)]]<br />
*[[Gupti]] (dagger)<br />
*[[Hengdang]] (sword)<br />
*[[Katar (dagger)]]<br />
*[[Kayamkulam vaal]] (sword)<br />
*[[Khanda (sword)]]<br />
*[[Kirpan]] (dagger)<br />
*[[Kukri]] (knife)<br />
*[[Malappuram Kathi]] (dagger)<br />
*[[Nandaka]] (sword)<br />
*[[Moplah (sword)]]<br />
*[[Pata (sword)]]<br />
*[[Pesh-kabz]] (knife)<br />
*[[Pichangatti]] (knife)<br />
*[[Ram-dao]] (sword)<br />
*[[Talwar]] (sword)<br />
*[[Urumi]] (sword)<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Japanese sword]]<br />
*[[Chinese sword]]<br />
*[[Korean sword]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Indian swords| ]]<br />
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