{"id":2344,"date":"2013-05-16T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T18:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=2344"},"modified":"2025-03-30T11:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T18:22:59","slug":"dha-research-archives-se-asian-swords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=2344","title":{"rendered":"Dha Research Archive &#8211; Southeast Asian Swords"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Dha Research Archive<\/strong> was a free-access resource maintained by Mark I. Bowditch.&nbsp; It is intended for those interested in the study and appreciation of the Southeast Asian dha (also called dah, daab, darb or dai dao), a single-edged sword common through-out mainland Southeast Asia, but often called &#8220;the national sword of Burma&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: (Mar 2025) &#8211; as dharesearch.bowditch.us is no longer available, a mirror has been setup at <a href=\"http:\/\/dharesearch.maelstromcore.com\"><strong>dharesearch.maelstromcore.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/C0004_full.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2348\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/C0004_full-e1368728170540.jpg\" alt=\"C0004_full\" width=\"719\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/C0004_full-e1368728170540.jpg 719w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/C0004_full-e1368728170540-300x62.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">What you will find on the site is a set of illustrated descriptions of the dha in Mark&#8217;s personal collection, and from the collections of contributors, plus some information on dha obtained from publicly-available sources or used by permission of its owner.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Image379.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2347\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Image379.jpg\" alt=\"Image379\" width=\"720\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Image379.jpg 720w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Image379-300x93.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">What immediately strikes anyone looking at the huge index of swords is how varied their design and decoration has been.&nbsp; There is not a single shape or profile that typifies the dha.&nbsp; Some sword types &#8211; such as the classic Japanese katana &#8211; tend to stick close so a familiar profile that makes them readily recognizable.&nbsp; Not so with the dha.&nbsp; It is as varied as the cultures, languages, and people of Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Image19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2346\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Image19.jpg\" alt=\"Image19\" width=\"648\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Image19.jpg 648w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Image19-300x59.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">All images seen here are from the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dharesearch.maelstromcore.com\">Dha Research Archive<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This article is published under fair use and with credit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dha Research Archive was a free-access resource maintained by Mark I. Bowditch.&nbsp; It is intended for those interested in the study and appreciation of the Southeast Asian dha (also called dah, daab, darb or dai dao), a single-edged sword common through-out mainland Southeast Asia, but often called &#8220;the national sword of Burma&#8221;. NOTE: (Mar 2025) &#8211; as dharesearch.bowditch.us is no longer available, a mirror has been setup at dharesearch.maelstromcore.com What you will find on the site is a set of illustrated descriptions of the dha in Mark&#8217;s personal collection,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=2344\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2344"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8972,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344\/revisions\/8972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}