This is a chart I found at the musuem that points out the salient differences between the sculptures of the Chozhas, the Pallavas and the Vijayanagara kings. The writing is in Tamil, though :-)
These bronze swords were apparently evacuated from the locality. They are from about 1000 BCE apparently.
This was a collection at the musuem.
Just to give an idea of size, the walking-stick sword is about 2.5 ft tall.
The fifth sword from the right (third from left) is a pata sword. This is a characteristically Indian gauntlet sword(The grip is perpendicular to the blade). Pretty funky looking, I wonder how they were used..
Also visible are some standard tulwars and some tulwars with firangi blades (straight european swords fitted with tulwar hilts).
There was no information on the provenance of these swords.
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