Tegha
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| Weapon type: | sword |
| Designations: | Tegha, Talwar-Tegha |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
India |
| Distribution: | India |
| Overall length: | about 79 cm to about 102 cm |
| Blade length: | about 61 cm to about 89 cm |
| Blade width: | about 5 cm |
| Blade thickness: | about 9 mm |
| Handle: | Wood, metal |
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The Tegha is a sword from India .
description
The Tegha has a heavy, curved blade. The blades are usually made with a back blade about 23 cm to 30 cm long, which runs from the place to the handle . The handle is mostly made of metal and in the same shape as the handle of the Talwar (cross- guard , pommel-like). Sometimes the booklet has the shape of the Khanda booklet. In contrast to the Talwar, the Tegha has a wider, more curved blade. There are versions that are simple, but also those that are decorated with silver or gold decorations ( koftgari ).
The tegha is likely of Hindu origin and was used by the Mughals , Marathas and Rajputs .
literature
- Lord Egerton of Tatton, Wilbraham Egerton Egerton: Indian and Oriental Armor , Courier Dover Publications, 2002, illustrated edition, ISBN 978-0-486-42229-9 (reprint), page 117.
- Nick Evangelista : The encyclopedia of the sword , Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995, ISBN 978-0-313-27896-9 , page 645.
- E. Jaiwant Paul, Arms and Armor: Traditional Weapons of India , Verlag Roli Books, 2005, ISBN 978-81-7436-340-4 , page 43 and 46.
- George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca: A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times. Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 (Reprint), page 608.
Web links
Commons : Swords - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Picture and description at Oriental-Arms
- Picture and description at Oriental-Arms
- Picture and description at Oriental-Arms
- Picture and description at Oriental-Arms
Individual evidence
- ↑ E. Jaiwant Paul: Arms and Armor: Traditional Weapons of India. Roli Books, 2005, ISBN 978-81-7436-340-4 , page 46.
- ↑ E. Jaiwant Paul: Arms and Armor: Traditional Weapons of India. Roli Books, 2005, ISBN 978-81-7436-340-4 , page 43.