A sophisticated heirarchy was present, like a modern day army.
The kingdom could enforce conscription if required during war time.
The Barua rank
Heng Dang (Ahom sword) .
This type sword was used by members of the ruling Ahom dynasty and the high ranking courtiers and commanders. Nowadays it has a ceremonial use in Assamese weddings . The scabbard .. with bands of gold or silver denoted rank.
The Ahom calender was based on the Lakli San or Jovian Calender.
Brihaspati Samvatsar Chakra in Hindu culture, based on 60 year cycle of Jupiter
Also called Tao Singa by the Ahom. The Chinese also had an equivalent
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A Father Stephens wrote the Khrist Puran in Roman script but deploying Marathi and Konkani language. It was about Christ's stories written in Puranic form.
Escaped the authorities and was used for conversions.
" Hindus and Turkis belong to two different religions. The enmity between them has always been there.
Ever since Muslim rule has begun, the lives of Hindus have become miserable"
- From Gorelal Purohit's Chhatraprakash ( Chhatrasal Bundela to Chhatrapati Shivaji)
Says Gorelal Purohit or Lal Kavi
" Heavy taxes have been imposed on pilgrim centres, temples broken and scriptures destroyed.Every house has to pay Jaziya tax. They have done as pleased as the rulers"
Then, describing the situation of the time (1660s) , and to bring contrast with Chhatrapati Shivaji the poet Lal Kavi further writes
" All Rajputs have been defeated. Those who opposed have faced trouble"
There is mention of rockets being fired by the Bhosales of Nagpur at the battle of Kharda also (1795)
Tipu rockets are famous mainly because some of them reached England where one guy named Sir William Congreve saw them and developed his own rockets based on it.
Thanks to @YogirajMD for sharing this pic. , pertaining to the Battle of Wadgaon.
4th Jan 1779 was also the day Ishtur Phakda (Capt Stewart) died at Karla after being hit by musket and rocket fire.
सफदरजंग व मराठ्यांची मैत्री होती. जिहाद जिहाद करत नजीब ने शुजा चे कान फुंकले. शिया शुजा सुन्नी अब्दाली ला जाऊन मिळाला त्याचे हेच कारण. ते कोण सांगणार रिपोर्ट मध्ये ?
साधारण ५:०० ला -
नागा साधू ने अब्दाली ला विजय मिळवून दिला 😂
मग ते राखीव १०००० घोड दळ गोट्या खेळत होते का ?
Neither Shejwalker , nor Kashiraj Pandit nor any other author gives such importance to the Nagas.
असतील काही, शुजा च्या चाकरीत. तो शेवटी नवाब अवध cha