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title: "Top 8 Popular Ancient Weapons"  
description: "Weapons built in ancient and medieval days were ruthless, sturdy, and brutal. However, they were made with ease and perfection. Here's top 7 Ancient Weapons"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-11-16  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1594/top-8-popular-ancient-weapons  
category: "history"  
tags: ["Weapons", "ancient weapons", "popular weapons"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Top 8 Popular Ancient Weapons

![Top 8 Popular Ancient Weapons](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c063dec6-e5ef-46e6-a7ba-e3c31cba2018/images/b5d6dc53-fecb-46df-9cc1-a51db645be71.jpeg) ![Top 8 Popular Ancient Weapons](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c063dec6-e5ef-46e6-a7ba-e3c31cba2018/images/6be66f16-8057-4487-9189-b8cff6ab799d.jpeg) Bagh Nakh, a famous weapon that originated in India, is also known as Vagh Nakh meaning Tiger’s claw. ![Top 8 Popular Ancient Weapons](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c063dec6-e5ef-46e6-a7ba-e3c31cba2018/images/c99eb274-28d1-4641-b454-8047b9bba9aa.jpeg) Maduvu, originated in Ancient India, was commonly known as Maru, Maduvu, and Fakir’s horns. ![Top 8 Popular Ancient Weapons](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c063dec6-e5ef-46e6-a7ba-e3c31cba2018/images/32c7ca97-2135-4258-b0d0-bcff0a98f69f.jpeg) Wave-bladed Sword, originated in Germany, was commonly known as flame-bladed sword or Flamberge. ![Top 8 Popular Ancient Weapons](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c063dec6-e5ef-46e6-a7ba-e3c31cba2018/images/9c018747-29de-4de6-a887-680e996ba7b2.jpeg) Shotel commonly known as sickle – sword originated in Ancient Ethiopia around 980 BC. ![Top 8 Popular Ancient Weapons](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c063dec6-e5ef-46e6-a7ba-e3c31cba2018/images/70238c3e-1e02-4254-a3c3-33d5ea5f6f5f.jpeg) Katar originated in Southern India, was commonly known as the Bundi dagger or a push dagger. ![Top 8 Popular Ancient Weapons](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c063dec6-e5ef-46e6-a7ba-e3c31cba2018/images/bcc7ff8a-0890-477b-bcb8-16957e55c4a6.jpeg) Roman Scissors, invented around 100 AD in Ancient Rome, was mainly by the Roman Gladiators during their battles. ![Top 8 Popular Ancient Weapons](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c063dec6-e5ef-46e6-a7ba-e3c31cba2018/images/0e101bf5-e4eb-44a4-9b4f-b5170e3674f1.jpeg) Double Bladed Haladie, originated in India and Syria, was mostly used by the Rajput. ![Top 8 Popular Ancient Weapons](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c063dec6-e5ef-46e6-a7ba-e3c31cba2018/images/899a440d-b913-4190-a108-bac5936600d8.jpeg) katana, a long, single-edged sword used by Japanese samurai.

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