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=0 the 'satasurya' and 'satabindu' patterns on the armour of Prince Candrapi岣峚. He compares them favorably to the exactly similar patterns appearing on the armour coats in the Vira峁璦parva. The similarity does not end here, but also includes the 'satavarta' pattern which appears on armour coats both in the Mbh and the Kadambari (Agrawala 1958:112-113, footnotes 1-2). 568 The picture that emerges shows that by the 4th
century B.C. precious metals like gold and silver were
being used to embellish metal armour if not other metal
weapons. By the 2nd 1st century B.C. a pattern depicting
a series of crescents topped with circles, refered to as
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the - moon pattern by scholars was
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evolved, appearing mostly on ceremonial banners and was
tremendously appealing to designers. It was only centuries
later, in the 4th 5th century A.D. that it appears on
sheilds too, but it is quite likely that such sheilds were
known much earlier although at present there is no
sculptural or painted representation from an earlier period.
The Mbh seems to be passing exactly through this phase for
it is bristling with references to the 'candra', 'ardha-
candra', 'astacandra' and particularly the 'satacandra'
pattern which decorated the leather sheilds of swordsmen.
It is the most dominant pattern in the Epic appearing in
almost each and every Parva. By the 6th century A.D. or
these patterns became frozen and stylized into various
so,