Gorkha Visit

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Yangdu

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On my way to Pokhara trek I spent half of day visiting the ancient capital of the principality of Gorkha soldiers their name and from which King Prithvi Narayan Shah set out to unify all of Nepal is approximately half-way between Pokhara and Kathmandu.
Enjoy the pictures!

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Gorgeous pictures, Yangdu. I really enjoy the ones of the rolling green hills. Thanks so much for sharing. It's almost like we're there:):thumbup:
 
Yangdu said:
I spent half of day visiting the ancient capital of the principality of Gorkha soldiers their name and from which King Prithvi Narayan Shah set out to unify all of Nepal
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It really is not hard to imagine hearing "Jai Mahakali, Ayo Gorkhali" "Jai Mahakali, Ayo Gorkhali" "Jai Mahakali, Ayo Gorkhali"* echoing throughout those hills and valleys as they set off so long ago.

From the paintings their Khukuri's got a very different workout than those of today.

Thank you Yangdu for yet more fantastic photo's.

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*The Gorkha war cry, I believe, is "Jai Mahakali, Ayo Gorkhali" which literally translates to "Glory be to the Goddess of War, here come the Gorkhas!"
 
Wonderful, I feel like a kid in a story book:)
Thanks Yangdu.

Does anyone know what the small shields are called? Ha Ha, besides small shields smarties.

Mark
 
These threads are fantastic Yangdu. Thank you for posting them.
 
Beautiful. I never would have expected so much green at that altitude, but the amount of water from snow melt must be trememdous. One of the places I want to go someday.

Norm
 
tedwca said:
The small shields are called bucklers in the West, not sure if they have a different name in India or Nepal.
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Actually, they're too big to be bucklers. A "buckler" would have been only a foot wide, maybe less, and gripped in the fist, not worn on the arm. This slightly larger shield would have been called, a targe, or a "target." Wooden targes were used by the Scottish Highlanders up through Bonnie Prince Charlie, and (when worn out, I guess), were used for archery practice! (Hence the modern word, "target," of course.)

I'm curious about these Indian shields, too.....but I know western arms & armor!

EDIT - Found the Indian name for a buckler - paricha

Here's a video of the sword and buckler in use.

http://www.indiavideo.org/kerala/arts/martial-art/kalarippayattu/sword-and-shield-255.php
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Now THAT'S interesting. I've been wondering about these shields, ever since I saw one.
 
you know guys i know yangdu was a good photographer but to take a pic of a dragon fly in mid flight is somthing few can accomplish on purpose take a look at the first picture carfully on the sky on the right hand side and you
will see somthing flying there save it in my pictures take a look at that pic and increase the magnification and you will see it in mid flight
nice going yangdu that pic deserves a prize
regards mick:thumbup:
ps
in the above pic look carefully and you can just make out its wings two above&two bellow
do as i said about saving the pic in my pictures and when the magnifications increased they really do stand out.
 
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