Barchi (lance)

Barchi is a type of lance with a wooden handle, once common in South Asia (the word itself is Hindi). They were common in the 16th century.

Bibliography

*Balfour, Edward (1885). "The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia". London: Bernard Quaritch.
*Mayaram, Shail (2003). "Against History, Against State: Counterperspectives from the Margins". New York: Columbia University Press.