Download or read book A Description of Indian and Oriental Armour written by Edgerton of Tastton and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 2001 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A well illustrated book about the various arm and armour that have been use in the east. For want of a volume describing the subject, the author wrote this book. It starts with a sketch of the military history of India from the earliest invasions up to the first Burmese war of 1824. It then gives a descriptive catalogue of Indian Arms with introductory notes on styles of decoration, processes of manufacture and ethnological characteristics. Various areas are described in separate chapters. The descriptions are complimented with a map, 23 full page illustrations and numerous wood cuts. This book was first published in 1896.