Sick Indian Weapons | Animated History of India
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- India has had a lot of pretty wacky weapons throughout its history. From the chakram to the urumi, let's take a humorous look at the history behind India's weirdest weapons.
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Sources:
(Due to the obscurity of this topic, some of these sources aren't the best.)
Bull, Stephen. An Historical Guide to Arms & Armor. Edited by Tony North, Studio Editions, 1994.
de la Garza, A. The Mughal Empire at War. London: Routledge, 2017. doi-org.grinnell.idm.oclc.org...
Grundhauser, Eric. “India's Deadly, Flexible Whip Sword Takes Years to Master.” Atlas Obscura, Atlas Obscura, 30 Sept. 2016, www.atlasobscura.com/articles/indias-deadly-flexible-whip-sword-takes-years-to-master.
Jones, Gareth. Military History: the Definitive Visual Guide to the Objects of Warfare. DK Publishing, 2015.
Nishan Sahib Khanda Sikh Symbols Sikh Museum History Heritage Sikhs, 2011, www.sikhmuseum.com/nishan/weapons/index.html.
O'Bryan, John. A History of Weapons: Crossbows, Caltrops, Catapults & Lots of Other Things That Can Seriously Mess You Up. Chronicle Books, 2013.
Radaeli, Guilherme. “Strange Weapons of Ancient India - Owlcation - Education.” Owlcation, 24 Aug. 2015, owlcation.com/humanities/Strange-Weapons-of-Ancient-India.
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Happy Spooky Day or whatever
happ spok dai
Ohhh spooky
hey plz remove the Animated history of P A N G U I N L A N D from the titles
*spoopy
U too!
“Until the British showed up and cheated with rifles and famine”
Well yes, but no.
That just sums up literally whole colonial history of India. Too sad that B ritishers dont even teach their own kids how bad they were
When the Indians are using huge frigging swords and knuckle blades,but you have an artillery cannon:
Laughs in rule britannia
@@imperialguardsman5726 actually artillery were more useful than guns when fighting Indian kingdoms
@@Snp2024 edited
18th Century: "Britishers Colonise India"
20th and 21st Century: "Indians colonise Britain by sheer population"
Indians: *UNO REVERSE CARD*
We move in swarms
@@thelordandsaviorgigachadrr888 one of us. one of us
Now british population in britain is 45% lol they r minority in there own nation
200 yr ago they lo oted 45 trillions, r ap ed woman and children and commitment g e no cide i wish for U No card ....may karma is hiding very close
"The Indians at least had the decency to kill each other with cool weapons."
- History House Productions 2020
It’s an important observation...
@@HistoryHouseProductions please do one on sikh empire
@@ajithsidhu7183 lol Veer ji kida ho tusi 👍
@@harshdeepsingh2034 me teek ya bro
@@ajithsidhu7183 Vadia 👍
The British : I fear no man.
But that thing.
*Indian elephants*
It scares me.
It scares me too
THEY ARE ADORABLE
Unless they actively try to kill you they are cute
@Adrian I'm indian and I have been close to an elephant they are very gentle unless u do something stupid
Indian war elephants were even sold to Roman's during medieval times
British army: No, you can’t just shoot iron rockets at us from 2 km away!!!
Mysore army: Ha ha, rocket go whoosh.
Join his discord server
discord.gg/Sx4KXtYk
Rocket go boom
@@HistoryHouseProductions include nuke goes whoosh then boom!
@@HistoryHouseProductions thanks for the like lol
Well sometimes those rockes had swords strapped to them soooo......you know just to confirm your kill you know the explosion didn’t but that falling sword from the air will....oh look it’s a whole bunch of them
I'm glad Historian Kanye West is getting more recognized
What can I say, he’s a genius
@@HistoryHouseProductions I heard he worked with Feminist Historian Dr Swift and made her work famous
India(Hindus) is the only Ancient Civilizational state which survives despite of 1000+ years of Mughal invaders and Dutch, Portuguese invasions and also 200 years of British rule.
All other civilizations...Rome, Egypt, Persia etc.... Have vanished.!!
@@pulz1191 china
@@gufosufo337 until Japan showed up
"I dunno man this looks kinda fun"
Dude Killin ppl with the whippy sword, prolly 1500s
An excellent quote
No other comments? Wow weird.
@@macrowave3784
Tada
@@HistoryHouseProductions there is a whole tradition of weapons where kids and youngster were taughted these weapons it was called mardana khel will you want to play with that blade
@@mahendrawankhade3533 still are taught in the south
"Aye Patel, give me your mixtape"
"Oke, Amir!"
(Patel threw a chakram)
😂
"Mopeds, cows, people, and HOLY CRAP WHAT IS THAT THING?!"
India(Hindus) is the only Ancient Civilizational state which survives despite of 1000+ years of Mughal invaders and Dutch, Portuguese invasions and also 200 years of British rule.
All other civilizations...Rome, Egypt, Persia etc.... Have vanished.!!
@@pulz1191 ermm chiina
@@yonathanrakau1783 Communist rule of China stripped them of their Civilization. Read about it. That's the foundation of China. To embrace the new...get rid of the Old.
In India... the monks recite the same Sanskrit mantras on the banks of Gangas as it was for thousands of years. The rituals and ceremonies are also the same. Thats Civilizational continuity. The Gods and Goddess worshipped,the forms,the ways, the ideas....all of it.
@@pulz1191 no that one that stripped it was mao and his cultural revolution, but im saying that their civilization still existed to this day i dont really said anything culturewise, they are still china noneless
@@yonathanrakau1783 that is precisely the difference between a nation state (which China is ) and a Civilizational state. They are a nation but Communist call religions and cultures as opium of masses. The Civilizational continuity is broken....not the idea of nation state.
Wow who needs Tanks when you have fricking CAMEL TANKS
That’s what I’m saying
Could also have been *ELEPHANT TANKS*
@Qalidurut ROKCET CAMEL HORSE 3-EDGED ROCKET SWORD!!
Also Pakistan
@@qinshihuang7576 ab tank ki jagah inka istemal karne ka irada hai kya
The first weapon to ask: why can’t I have a weapon that makes you feel like you’ve been stabbed by a sword and hit by a train at the same time!
Best quote ever.
It’s true
“I dont care how effective these weapons are, the only thing that matters is how dope they are”
Thats the history I like to see
I will keal
😂😂😂dough@@chabmondetosen4622
"The rockets had a range of 2km which is the length of 1131 Danny devitos" I wonder how he measured that
I found out how long 2 km was in ft and then divided it by Danny DeVito's height.
@@HistoryHouseProductionsok that makes sense
We need part 2! There's a shit load of weird weapons in India!
Let's start making list here now.
@@madhukarmukane2090
OK I gotchu.
There's gadha (ball headed mace)
Gurz ( gadha but with spikes)
Kharga (a weird shaped sword which is hard to describe)
Valla (a spear with mace)
Talwar (curved saber made to cut through bones and flesh like hot knife through butter)
Zaghnal (if a scythe and war hammer had a baby together)
Dandpatta (sword attached to a gauntlet)
Bagh nakh (famously called tigers claws used by chattrapati shivaji maharaj to kill afzal Khan)
Aruwal (curved tipped machete of South India, their signature weapon)
Bhuj (an axe knife)
Gulel (weaponised slingshot)
Trishul (war trident)
Valari (Indian version of boomerang) (yes Indians used boomerang in war)
And there's more but I don't have much energy to type it any long.
@@abhinavnambiar4720 nice, you got everything covered 😂😂😎
@Rango and Bhallal Dev's mace (Gada)
@@abhinavnambiar4720 wait people consider the gada weird
Last time I was this early the british still had a empire
Custer?!? I thought you were killed at little bighorn!
@@gedewidi6666 sadly I was, but I lived
*an empire
But a good comment
The real reason why he was gone for 2 or 3 weeks was because he was testing these Indian weapons to make sure they were dope as shit.
I had to make sure.
He should have hurt himself
By testing those weapons
The theme of this video is Now that’s a lot of Damage.
British: I don't like Indian elephants.
Alexander: same
Indian weapons are straight out of my edgy 10 year old selfs doodles.
Indians saw and were like “hay you know what that doodle will make a great weapon”
@@karandullet380 say it in semi broken english and you have legit stand up
@@Enraged-vu2vb "Aye!! You know watt that drawing would make a grreat weapon"
Thats what I would have said it like as an Indian myself
@@vanshbharadwaj9829 the accent varies, and you have to take into account linguistic traits.
You forgot to mention how the rajputs scared the crap out the mughals even though they were out numbered, also the emperor of the mughals akbar was so scared of the rajput king Pratap that he never came face to face with him in battle
The Bangalore torpedo(of WW1, WW2 and apex legends fame) was actually named after its city of Origin Bangalore in Southern India.
Source: I live there : )
Bangalore is a big city
@@HistoryHouseProductions The silicon valley of India
Who were the artisans who created those rockets?Was it indians or tipu.I want to know who invented them ,not the king who used them first.
@AsalArjuna Who created the iron cased rockets?Was Tipu the genius who did it or was it the artisans?Any sources?
@@SaiKiran-fd3gq it was tipu grandfather he was in Mughal command and developed some weapons which could further reformed by hyder ali. See Mughal military section
Thank you History house Productions.I am from India and it's cool how westerners like you speak about our old weapons.
And please spell Indian names properly.
I just used the English spellings that seemed to be the most common.
But still ask a native like me to how to spell Indian names very properly lol.
@@HistoryHouseProductions I live in South India lel
WOW, you actually made a camel joke, "they said it could not be done".
Sick weapons, or Sikh weapons?
*badum tsssssssss*
Whoooa chill dude
I see what ya did there
Diphyllum maybe both.
That’s really sikh, dude.
The tulwar has always been my favorite Indian sword, though the khanda is really cool too.
It was basically a revamp of the Arabian design and not much use against an armored infantry unit. The talwar is mainly for cavalry units
@@shiva221B Yeah, it was designed more to slice through layered fabric rather than armor
@@burymycampaignatwoundedkne3395 dude I have so many questions right now.... Why do you have an Elizabeth Warren profile pic? how do you know about the Talwar's use in mediaeval indian warfare? What's the context behind your username?
@@shiva221B I'm just a guy who likes swords. My user name is a reference to her pretending have Native American ancestory and ending her run for presidential candidate. I just thought the name was funny.
@@burymycampaignatwoundedkne3395 you son of a gun, way to troll someone man. Also Kudos to your knowledge on indian weapons man. BTW did you know the "whip sword" has many versions in North India as well, primarily used by the Marathas, although theirs had a single "blade" and was more longer
I'm telling you man, in a year, you'll be a 1 mil
That would be great!
@@HistoryHouseProductions in 10 years, you'll have more than 1 billion!
That moment when you scroll through the description and relize how much research have gone into this video. Great video Connor :)
Some of the sources for this are kinda wack ngl. There isn’t much scholarly research on cool Indian weapons for some reason.
@@HistoryHouseProductions pls do one on the sikh epmire
Oh yeah, sources in the description are my jam!
I still have some of these weapons in varying conditions as heirlooms.
That’s so awesome!
@@HistoryHouseProductions not really, its all kept wrapped up in some bullshit ritualistic cloth & is only handled during that one day of the year when you have to clean dem weapons.
@@randomdudewalkingdownthest8158 well they in there for a reason imagine you’re wife has gotten angrey on you and she sees a chakram laying around your house and she throws it at ya it’ll cut you’re head clean off you know you should be thank full
@@karandullet380 😳 i can relate i almost got stabbed by a freaking sword
I was hoping you'd also mention some weapons from Gatka martial arts, including their hand-guarded axes, maces, and this wrecking-ball-looking flail called the Kandiala Gola (I think); not to mention the Mardani Khel's Pata 'gauntlet sword' that's kinda similar to the Katar, or even the double flail-ended staff called a Cumberjung, which is a rarity of an exotic weapon from Gujarat.
But this list was nice nonetheless.
Some of those were in my notes, but ended up getting cut
@@HistoryHouseProductions Bagh Nakh too!?! Gosh!
Hey I practice gatka!
@@jaipreetsingh6566 Cool, what weapons do you practice?
@@HistoryHouseProductionsmaybe it's time for a part 2 eh?
"Until the British cheated with rifles and famine"
Everybody’s first until they refresh, eh?
Much love, your friends at Rev Media!!
i am actually first
Haha the age old debate about who is first
meow
@@Naderium i doubt it.
“Oh cool, another sick weapons video, I hope he turns this into a series of some sorts. Let’s check out what kinda weap- 3:14 WHO ON GODS GREEN EARTH LOOKED AT THE DIRTY LOVE CHILD OF A KNIFE, BRASS KNUCKLES AND A GOD DAMN GUN AND DECIDED “huh, oh yeah no I’d kill someone with this”.”
I’d like to think this was invented by some stressed out engineer in one of the war clans who hadn’t come up with a good idea in ages and knew that if he didn’t come up with something quick then he was dead, so he just kinda strapped gun attachments onto an existing katar in a last ditch effort, but after his clan heard how god damn cool that sounded was given like highest honors by his clan.
They’re all pretty crazy
That guy be like “thank you guys I was working on it all along”
Disclaimer* : 5:55 Poles used rockets "raca" in war with russia in 1637 (early XVII century) - invented by Andrzej dell'Aqua
Rockets had been used before, but the Mysorians were the first to use iron rockets akin to what we use today.
@@HistoryHouseProductions oh, ok, my bad
To those of Europeans who think that they or the earlier Turks introduced gunpowder in India, they should know that we used gunpowder since atleast Mahabharat times in form of grenades & rockets.
Nice. Go read some history bozo before spewing mythology here.
“1131 Danny Devitos”
I have never felt more understood
6:25
"Anything but the metric system"
True
5:46 haha India goes Boom Boom
But Poles used rockets before, setting Borowica in fire, in 1637, and possibly Smoleńsk in 1633
Sorry, little historical triger on my side
I’d like to place an order for the gun katar, because Walmart pulled them from their shelves.
Fun fact: The antelope horns in madu were used only after the antelope naturally dies and without hurting it.
Today we ask the question can a frisbee kill you
An important question
Indian warriors be like “yes it can”
@@HistoryHouseProductions actually, the sikh warrior (nihang) wear chakram on their turban even today and can roam freely in india,( what the f**********)
But, these sikh people are nice people you should watch a video of cogito on sikhism and also sikhs wear a knife.
Channel: cogito
Video: sikhism
It is must watch and also read history of sikhs and you will get to know there ACTUALLY AREN'T ONLY RAJPUT! In this country who are brave, intact sikhs are braver than them. Soooooooo, I recommend you watch that vid aaaaaand also, nice vid dude
@@gursimarsingh5505 well Sikhs are Indian and both significantly contributed to India are Sikhs are very martial people and kind and feeding poor whatever he follow is very great deed
Anyone else see that "Joe Biden.. He'll always be your friend!" Ad on this video while he was Hugging Obama
The first time I saw that ad I assumed it was satire
@@JackRackam it’s true. Joe will be your friend forever and ever.
@Funny Corn as long as you’re a female he’ll be glad to hug you randomly.
Chakram - 'Ch' pronounced like 'Ch' in Cheese 🤗
True!
Ahhhhhhhhhhh. I guess I’ve heard it pronounced wrong before. Thank you!
@@HistoryHouseProductions 🤗🤗
@@HistoryHouseProductions and the a is just pronounced like 'uh' not 'ah' :)
They manifest chakra from naruto to create weapons like conjurers in HxH
Strapping rockets to elephants has got to be one of the greatest ideas ever conceived
Aw, you missed one of my favourites; the zaghnal. It's basically what you get when you cross an axe and a scythe.
I’ll have to look that up
Apart from the sword all other weapons were used not to kill but to wound soldiers in the battlefield. I think you know the reason....
Oh lol
6:22 where did you get so many Danny DeVito's to figure it out?
The grocery store
@@HistoryHouseProductions Omg 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I always likewatching your videos. The way you integrate humor with historical facts is amazing. Keep up the good work
Thank you! I’m glad you like it!
4:10 died with laughter 😂🤣🤣
If you think about it the rocket elephants were basically the first TRUE tanks. Their thick body can take alotta rifle rounds (Except cannon balls) and they literally have
projectile weaponry.
Roman charioteers with scorpion and armoured horses: We are joke for you?
The Heavy metal band that add those indian weapons in their music videos could cause hell on earth situation
Alexander : I'll win Aryavarta (Bharata/India)
*Magadha with thousands of Cavalry and war Elephants*
Alexander: Home sweet home calling
Rajput kings were so brave and powerful that they never cared if they were outnumbered. Rajput king maharana pratap cut behlol Khan in 2 halves along with his horse and armour
Ancient India was so powerful that they started toying with weapons to make it more fun.
"Meanwhile in finland 1600th centry"- yo, perkele. Wanna beat up those guys up with literally a fucking rock and a wooden stick?
Guy 2:- ill fucking do it
Oml you are my favorite channel. You integrate some subtle comedy into your educational content. Hopefully you get to 100k soon.
Thank you! I appreciate it!
At this rate, you’re gonna be sponsored by call of war
I hope so
You can say that this video is edgy!
I'll see myself out.
Not as bad as the jokes I make
King marharana pratap. Cut a rider and his horse with a khanda. Killed dozens of mughals and broke through enemy encirclement all on his own
Hitman looking at 4:03: I want one of those things for my next mission
Lol "Ouch squared" 😂
I have used the triple blade whip sword (urumi). I once saw one blade curve over the shield and cut the other guys thumb 😱😱😱
Yikes
Sick Indian Weapons: Can't give the British enough PTSD
Dumbo: *Fine. I'll do it myself*
I am an Indian.
& My name is Divyansh.
5 states of India:
Tamil Nadu, Kerala,Andhra Pradesh, Karantaka & Telangana is known as
SOUTH INDIA.
WAIT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SAY 'OW'
Thats great and all that the Katar is only $19.99 but does it come with Free Shipping?
Shipping and handling is an extra $1,000
2:48 I See what you did there
"Knoooowleeedge! Knoooowleedge! Knoooowleeedge!"
😁
HHP THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UPLOADING INDIAN HISTORY.N
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AND HOPE YOU GET A MILLION SUBSRIBERS .
Haha! Thank you!
Everyone gangsta until Connor does sick European weapons.
7:30
I raised my hand...
I don’t believe it
@@HistoryHouseProductions Social skills are for the weak
That artillary elephant was epic
You forgot these Popular Weapons :
- Khadga (Beheading Sword, Shaped like a Crescent Moon)
- Gadha (Iron Mace, Bashed on a person's skull)
- Trishul (3 Pronged Spear, Throwing weapon popular among Indian Gods)
Besides these, Indian Scripture like Arthashastra ("Scripture of Life") mentions use of Female Assassins by Indian Emperor - Chandra Gupta, who would kiss their enemies to death using a Lip gloss made of "Cobra venom". These Female temptresses were obviously raised with being immune to snake venom since childhood.
Hindu warrior specially rajput doesn't attack any people from back .🚩🚩🚩
💯💯💯🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳💯🦾
🇮🇳⚔️
The 'ch' in Chakram is pronounced like 'ch' in 'chair'.
How cool weapons are is a great way to see who was the best
You, my sir, fill a Sam O’ Nella hole in my heart.
As an American I appreciate that you took time to covert KM to DD
1.Kanda is one of oldest designs of swords.. 2. Madhu is invented and widely used in western and Northern india , later on loved by southern india. Because deer antler were widely used in Northern india 3. Katar uniquely designed and versatile handheld backup weapon of again North&West India. 4. Urumi: rare nowadays and extremely unique weapon. In ancient times only expert kallaries= martial artist warriors used to comand over it. As its extremely lethal to both opponent and user themselves. Nice basic "a, b, c" type video.... you can make videos on Indian ancient weapons for many years...we've endless history of weapons. Kallaripaiiyattu is grand mother of all martial arts...
Please do more of these :3
Fun fact :- Damuscas steel is actually not made in Damuscas but in India.Steel is the backbone of India for centuries,Wootz Steel was made in India.The Valeriyan Steel in Game of Thrones is a reference to it.
Maharana Pratap used to carry 25 kilos swords. One for himself and other for his enemy. There are folklore that say he sliced a mughal king in half while riding his horse
He was no Mughal king but a commander of mughal army during battle of haldighati ...fighting for mughals under leadership of mann Singh of aamer.. his name was bahlol khan
@@ankitparihar667 😑poor knowledge
Maharana Pratap was against invader Mughals
@@greatpeopleofhimachal5043 read my comment first i am from Rajasthan nd we from early age inspire from maharana pratap
Where have I written that maharana pratap was with mughals?
I said that the guy he killed balol khan (who maharana sliced in half) was a mughal commander who was fighting under mann singh (who was with akbar)
Do read properly
Rather then commenting on knowledge of people
Do learn to read properly
@@ankitparihar667 rajputs of Rajasthan n plain states r Mughal slaves 🙂
@@greatpeopleofhimachal5043 well what we can say then the DP justifies itself
This was super funny man I am an Indian rajputs . Appreciate your work . Keep it up , dude !
Thank you!
Loved the humor, very good content. SUBBED.
Can’t wait for 1 million subs great job.
Thank you!
I got a T-Series ad right before i clicked this video...
“There are no accidents”
whipsword
now covered in salt for poison damage
Most of the weapons shown in the thumbnail is still trained and used by 'kalari'(mother of all martial arts) masters even today
Kalari...Kerala!! South India
Love the video cant wait for you to drop that fire mixtape
I'm indian and I can confirm this!
i have used some of the weapons they very fun to use
Really? That’s pretty cool!
@@HistoryHouseProductions I am living south India Tamil nadu
I have used deer horn weapons
India: *exists*
The central asian nomads: It’s free real estate
*america exists*
Britishers--thats for free😂
Thanks I will be demonstrating the use of these weapons on my channel
India is the best ok
I m Indian 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 I like my Indian weapons har har mahadev
First video I seen with the great courses plus sponsoring it in a while
Great video as always HHP!
Thanks so much!
first
Congrats you are first
Awesome new upload!
1:29 Are you kidding me! India had rifles! Everyone and their moms were using rifles.
Thanks for the Km - Danny Devito conversion. I understand the distance much better now.
You’re very welcome