hengdang
Illustration — Hengdang of Ahom era The Hengdang (Assamese: হেংদাং) is a single edged sword with a long handle used by the Ahoms in India. The handle and the scabbard were designed in gold, silver or wood according to the position of the person. It is similar in many ways to the Burmese or Thai Dha, or a samurai sword, the Katana.
Also recorded as hengdan
hengdang
ComparingQuantities · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Field
- sword
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Illustration — Hengdang of Ahom era The Hengdang (Assamese: হেংদাং) is a single edged sword with a long handle used by the Ahoms in India. The handle and the scabbard were designed in gold, silver or wood according to the position of the person. It is similar in many ways to the Burmese or Thai Dha, or a samurai sword, the Katana.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for hengdang. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q5714250 · wikipedia · Hengdang
In this article
Overview
The hengdang was used as a special kind of sword which was used by high-ranking officials of the Ahom Kingdom like the Swargadeo (King), Premier, Prime Minister, Commander and Sub-Commander. It has ceremonial use today in the Ahom weddings. • Illustration — Hengdang sword • Illustration — Ahom General Lachit Borphukan's statue with a Hengdang in his hand.
Hengdang is a sword or weapon type.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Ahom sword rises from watery grave. www.telegraphindia.com.
- 2.Concept Pub. Co. Martial traditions of North East India. 2006. 81-8069-335-X.
- 3.AHOMS and CHAK-LONG THE UNIQUE TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE SYSTEM. www.esamskriti.com.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Militaria
6,095 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- helical railgunTerminology
- Hellfire Shore Defense SystemTerminology
- Helmover torpedoTerminology
- HELRAMTerminology
- Henrion, Dassy & Heuschen RevolverTerminology
- Henry rifleTerminology
- Henschel Hs 117Terminology
- Henschel Hs 293Terminology
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with hengdang?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.