Dear Vanessa, 

While the 2,200 year old complete crossbow recently discovered amongst the terracotta warriors in Xi'an, China is not from ancient India, perhaps it is still interesting to see a beautiful example of similar technology from the date range you seek. 

http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/excellently-preserved-crossbow-2200-years-ago-terracotta-020269



All the best,

Patrick McCartney

PhD Candidate
School of Culture, History & Language
College of the Asia-Pacific
The Australian National University
Canberra, Australia, 0200


Skype - psdmccartney

On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Walter Slaje <slaje@kabelmail.de> wrote:
Benefit will also be drawn from consulting

Robert Krottenthaler, Die Jagd im alten Indien.
[Europäische Hochschulschriften. XXVII, 49]. Frankfurt/M. 1996.


Mehr Ali Newid: Waffen und Rüstungen im alten Indien. München 1986.

Regards,
WS

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studia humanitatis impigro labore culturum et provecturum

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sed quo magis veritas propagetur et lux eius, qua salus

humani generis continetur, clarius effulgeat.

Vindobonae, die XXI. mensis Novembris MCMLXXXIII.


2015-04-08 2:31 GMT+02:00 Vanessa Sasson <V.Sasson@marianopolis.edu>:

Dear colleagues,

 

I am trying to imagine what archery would have been like in ancient India (roughly 2500-2000 years ago). I am interested in archery techniques as well as archery materials (what would the bows and arrows have been made of?). Can anyone recommend some materials on this subject? I have been looking around, but have not yet found quite what I am looking for. It is for purposes of imagining the art more than anything else.

 

Many thanks,

 

Vanessa R. Sasson

Religious Studies

Marianopolis College

 


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