APPENDIX. DESCRIPTION OF ANCIENT ARMS AND INSTRUMENTS IN PLATE XXXIII. THE figures in this Plate have been taken from the Sánchi basreliefs, which date between A. D. 17 and 39; and from the sculptures at Udayagiri, which were executed in A. D. 401. Fig. 1 is a dagger from Sánchi. I saw a similar weapon amongst the broken sculptures at Buri Chánderi, which has been in ruins for the last six hundred years. Fig. 2.-Sword worn by a porter, or doorkeeper.-Sánchi. Fig. 4 and 5.-Cavalry shields.-Sánchi. Fig. 6.-Pike, or javelin.-Sánchi. Fig. 7.-The Indian Vajra, or thunderbolt; a symbol of universal dominion, usually placed in the hand of a king. Very common at Sánchi. Compare the form of the Vajra of four centuries later, in Fig. 14, from Udayagiri. Fig. 8.-Falling axe.-Sánchi. Fig. 9.-Battle axe.-Sánchi. Fig. 10.-Trisul, or trident.-Sánchi. BB |