Talwar

. Late examples often had European-made blades, set into distinctive Indian-made hilts.

It may have replaced the unique khanda sword of ancient India as the sword of choice in medieval Indian armies.

Although the Tulwar was influenced by foreign weapons, India has several unique bladed weapons, entirely native to the subcontinent, including the Khanda, Katar, Pata and Urumi. The distinctive looking Indian wootz steel was known across Asia as uniquely flexible and strong, and was used to construct many of these weapons.

Other

*Talwar is used as a first, or more commonly as a last name, throughout the Indian Subcontinent, specifically the countries of India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. In India, particularly in North India, Talwar often is a Hindu surname (the clan being Khatri/Kshatriya).
*Arushi Talwar was a victim of murder in Noida, India on May 16, 2008 in a murder case that has gone unsolved. Her dentist father, Dr. R. Talwar, was arrested in connection to the teenaged girl's murder but was released on July 12, 2008.
*Colonel Abdullah Talwar of the Afghan National Police was in May 2008 placed in charge of the effort to stop the illegal poppy harvest and trade in Nangarhar, Afghanistan.
*Talwar is the word for "sword" in Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Pashto, Bengali,

*The Sachdeva Talwar Class is an Indian Navy Frigate Class.
*Teen Talwar is a monument located in Karachi, Pakistan."'
*Talwar is a small city in Pakistan, near the large city of Bahawalpur.
*Alnoor Rajan Talwar is an Ismaili author.
*The Talwar Brothers are a South Asian street gang in the PSP game Gangs of London, led by indian-born Asif Rashid.

External links

* [http://sirohi.nic.in/hist.htm The Sirohi blades]
* [http://horsesandswords.blogspot.com/2006/12/guerrilla-warfare-iii-horses-and.html Historical development of the Talwar]
* [http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/talwar.jpgPhotograph of a talwar collection]