The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c10.366

v1.c10.366

Layard's plates show that the ancient Assyrians also followed the Greek custom and drew their bow-strings towards the breast, and not towards the right ear, though for the purpose of a good aim the latter would be the most convenient place. In the *Iliad* the epithet *Kukloteres héteinen* indicates that the bow was so drawn as to reduce it to a circular shape, but nothing of the kind is mentioned in the Hindu Śāstra. The *ligeé-hiakhen* or click and twang of the Homeric bow-string have their counterparts in the *dhanuṣṭaṅkāra* of the Hindus.