The History of Bengal (Vol. I: Hindu Period; Vol. II: Muslim Period 1200–1757) v1.c19.s7.23

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⁴ Some arrow-heads and spear-heads have been discovered at Pāhārpur The Agni Purāṇa (245. 21 ff.) refers to Aṅga and Vaṅga as important centres of sword-manufacture. The swords manufactured in Vaṅga, we are assured, “were characterised both by keenness and their power of standing blows” (*Cf.* P C. Chakravarti, The Art of War in Ancient India, pp. 163-64).