Subject: ਨਿਹੰਗ nihang / ਅਕਾਲੀ akālī 'immortal' warrior saint
Culture: Punjabi Sikh
Setting: Sikh empire, Punjab 1704-1846
Object: chakkar quoit
Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery *
"Gilt quoit (chakram) Indian, Lahore, 18th century" ...
* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"Pair of quoits (chakra) Indian, Lahore, 18th century
One weapon which was peculiar to the Sikhs was the steel quoit (chakra).
It has a sharp outer edge and was spun around on the finger and
released to fly off in a given direction accurately." ...
Deepeeka *
