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THE ROYAL ARMOURIES

The main offensive weapons used by the Tamil Soldiers were Swords, Bows and Arrows, Spears, Javelins, Axes and Shields. The Arya Cakravartti, Kings of Jaffna, had embossed the legend "Cetu" on their white shields. In the fourteenth century, the armour of the Jaffna troops were coloured and each regiment seems to have had a colour of its own. The Arya Cakravartti, Kings of Jaffna, had good merchant fleets which helped them even in their military campaigns.

THE SWORDS

THE SPARES

KNIVES

BATTLE AXE

ELEPHANT HOOK

ANCIENT ROYAL WOODEN PALANQUINS

HANGING OIL LAMPS

STANDARD BRASS OIL LAMPS