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Skelton, J., 1854. Engraved illustrations of ancient arms and armour from the collection at Goodrich Court, Herefordshire, after the drawings, and with the descriptions of Samuel Rush Meyrick, vol.2. London, H.G. Bohn
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Asia - South Asia - India |
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Indian Rhino |
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Skelton 1854, pl.141
At Mundavie, in the gulph of Cutch in the north part of India, is a manufactory for making armour and shields of rhinoceros’ and buffalo’s hides. The pieces are boiled in oil till they become transparent; and such is the process, that they are rendered proof against the edge of the Sabre, and, it is asserted, even against a bullet. The splendid suit of armour exhibited in this plate being of that description, in all probability belonged to the Rajah of the Guzerat, and from the inscription upon it, beginning with an invocation to Ali, we find he was Sheer, a religious sect violently opposed to the Sunies. The Persians are off the former class, the Turks of the latter. It was once in the collection of his Royal highness the late Duke of York.
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