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Indian arms and armour / Thom Richardson and Natasha Bennett.
LIBRA U821.I4 R53 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richardson, Thom.
- Series:
- Royal Armouries arms and armour series.
- Royal Armouries arms and armour series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weapons--India--History.
- Weapons.
- Armor--India--History.
- Armor.
- History.
- India.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 96 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leeds : Trustees of the Royal Armouries, [2015]
- Summary:
- "India is a vast sub-continent with a complex history and a great array of languages, cultures and religions. This book serves as a short introduction to the exquisite weapons used in the region, focusing on the Royal Armouries' collections from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Beautiful photography is interwoven with remarkable historical and cultural detail about archery, swords, shields, daggers, firearms, artillery and elephant armour."--Publisher description.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 95)
- ISBN:
- 9780948092749
- 0948092742
- OCLC:
- 926096910
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