There are descriptions from medieval Maratha warfare against the enemy sieges of forts. They would make stacks of stones in such a way that with one push the stones would roll down on the soldiers climbing the hill or walls.
Madhav M. Deshpande Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India [Residence: Campbell, California, USA] On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 6:22 AM Rolf Heinrich Koch via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear listmembers, > stone traps for the hunting of wild animals are mentioned in a Jātaka > (pāsāṇa-yantāni sajjenti). Also in a Sinhalese manuscript (12th > century?) I came across the description of a trap by which animals are > killed after "stones set in motion" (gal-peraḷā < parivartana). > > I cannot imagine how this happens. The stones are hanging somewhere and > fall down on the animals? > > Anyone of you can enlighten me? > > Thank you > Heiner > > -- > Dr. Rolf Heinrich Koch > www.rolfheinrichkoch.wordpress.com > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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