Artefact discovered at Umerkot Fort

[Water Car Engineer]

Ivory, 2nd Century AD

Female on the right in Gandhara style. The left is Deccani, more India proper style.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Deccan type

Gandhara type


These heavy bangles were discontinued by maybe 5th century ADish.

It's interesting, because there isnt a lot of stuff from Sindh and Punjab to be honest. The broad sword, bangles are local, pointed caps is weird. Def before Islamic period.

 

[Pakistanisage]

Beautiful History....

 

[W.11]

He seems to be carrying a broad sword (or cricket bat )

Their caps are interesting. They point to our northern areas (or even mongolian horse riders).

Will be interesting to see the results of carbon dating.

umerkot fort is the place where mughal king Akbar was born

 

[Chak Bamu]

Thanks, I was also confused a bit because it was not looking like namaste gesture, have to admire your ability to look deeper and indeed it looks like the woman is standing with her hands folded around her belly, definitely no signs of any namaste gesture.

Yeah whatever you say Shahmir Kashmiri. You'd be bent on finding conqueror genes because of your obsessions with racism against locals.

 

[Psycho Pakistani]

Yeah whatever you say Shahmir Kashmiri. You'd be bent on finding conqueror genes because of your obsessions with racism against locals.

Chak Bamu is a sikh village in india, how much is "Chak Bamu" pakistani and "local", I am 10 times more "local" than anyone from chak bamu

 

[Indischer]

@Psycho Pakistani Are you shahmir kashmiri? If so, that explains a few things.

 

[Chak Bamu]

Chak Bamu is a sikh village in india, how much is "Chak Bamu" pakistani and "local", I am 10 times more "local" than anyone from chak bamu

Trolls like you rush to judge, always and fall flat.

I am Arain whose roots are in that village. It was an exclusively Muslim village before 1947, and scene of a battle between Sikhs and Muslims in which hundreds were killed. So much for your investigative abilities. As ever you just see what you want to see. A true racist to the core.

And BTW, do put up that German flag of yours.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Lmao at scythians n shit.. Umarkot is an ancient city.. It's fort has also been occupied by several dynasties .. Including the Rajputs.. Rana Chander Singh (late) former federal minister n a founding member of PPP was also from Umarkot.. And I believe this fort was owned by his family aswell.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Heavy broad swords were very popular before the talwars all over the Subcontinent.

Gandhara, 1st-2nd Century AD

Sanchi, 1st century BC


Later examples below, around 10th century can still be seen. They survive till the talwars took over.

Gujarat

Chola

Even after then, you will see Khandas sometimes used by Sikhs, etc.

But it was pretty much discontinued.

Talwars are also much more beefier and has more weight at the end, than curved swords from the M.E. Could be the weighty broad sword lineage.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Trolls like you rush to judge, always and fall flat.

I am Arain whose roots are in that village. It was an exclusively Muslim village before 1947, and scene of a battle between Sikhs and Muslims in which hundreds were killed. So much for your investigative abilities. As ever you just see what you want to see. A true racist to the core.

And BTW, do put up that German flag of yours.

Bhai don't you feel sorry for some people? I sure as hell do.

 

[pakdefender]

@Water Car Engineer has started showing signs of Indian insecurity when it comes to historical artefacts found in Pakistan , I can see where this thread is heading

 

[Water Car Engineer]

@Water Car Engineer has started showing signs of Indian insecurity when it comes to historical artefacts found in Pakistan , I can see where this thread is heading

No, I have posted several Pakistan artifacts in the form of Gandhara already. More things uncovered that are contemporaneous to Gandhara or Sanchi from Sindh and Punjab are a good thing. There isnt enough. That's why this art, though simple is interesting.

 

[Shabaz Sharif]

scythian soldiers

they were also expert horsemen

See we used to be expert horsemen

 

[FaujHistorian]

@Water Car Engineer has started showing signs of Indian insecurity when it comes to historical artefacts found in Pakistan , I can see where this thread is heading

Yeah. It is stupid to post Hinduism tinted pics when they have nothing to do with the picture of OP.

@Water Car Engineer is just as insecure about his Bharatiness as some little village guy in UP or Bihar.


Sorry to see.