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Military practices of North, West and East India
Currently, there are widespread «folk» military practices in North, West and East India; each region traditionally considers them local and purely native. However, that was not always the case.
The system of military skills in South-West Rajasthan
The spear
The first thing that draws attention is exercises with a short spear. According to researchers Rajputs preferred foot fighting with a sabre tulwar, a sword khanda and a short spear as the main offensive arms.
Real techniques on a battle field
Owing to a great deal of recollections and memoirs left by British officers about their participation in Anglo-Indian wars we can get to a certain extent a real idea what happened on a battle field with the use and domination of cold steel.