History nerds were the Thugges a thing as depicted in western pop culture?

[Nizam al-Mulk]

Or was it as some academics say a myth propagated by the colonialists?

The truth is in the middle?

First an foremost i am thinking about the Brosnan movie.

The Deceivers (film) - Wikipedia

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[William Huggins]

It just looks like another group using a religion to kill people..... Even to the point that a large amount of them that had been captured were Muslims but in some strange manner they had adopted Kali as a lesser spirt of Allah.....

Although the new "historical" take is that these people never existed and it was just them evil white men again.... Making things up..... Again.

 

[William Huggins]

I believe they existed, just look at the map of India before them "evil" white men came, it's very segmented and there were many warlords and regional fights, definitely a place for groups like the "Thuggee" to ply their trade.

 

[Plissken]

Temple of Doom my dude.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Bone Thugs?

 

[William Huggins]

Temple of Doom my dude.

It's literally a documentary on the subject.........

 

[Nizam al-Mulk]

I believe they existed, just look at the map of India before them "evil" white men came, it's very segmented and there were many warlords and regional fights, definitely a place for groups like the "Thuggee" to ply their trade.

Europe had setups like that but no similarly insane wandering cult with similar characteristics.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

Obligatory

 

[PaddyO'malley]

iono broski most ting oot of my scope of expertise so I nah have ting fi add to di conversation just here fi di culture imma read up tho fi certain

 

[Brom Bones]

Cuz I got that "Thuggee Life" tatted on my chest.

- probably Kenny Florian

 

[William Huggins]

Cuz I got that "Thuggee Life" tatted on my chest.

- probably Kenny Florian

That's literally what they were going to call that documentary "Temple of Doom".

It was going to be called:

"Thuggee life, Get them Jems, or die trying"

Written and directed by Kenny Florian,

 

[Pliny Pete]

 

[William Huggins]

Europe had setups like that but no similarly insane wandering cult with similar characteristics.

We had Robin Hood what you on about bro.

Also the UK and plenty of the other European countries with a large sea presence operated Pirate ships, to kill and rob the oppositions ships, plenty of them freelancer just with freedom to operate freely throughout affiliated seas.

But your correct, none of them connected to strange death cults, but I'm sure there was plenty of bands of mercenaries and murders roving around in medieval Europe.

 

[William Huggins]

iono broski most ting oot of my scope of expertise so I nah have ting fi add to di conversation just here fi di culture imma read up tho fi certain

Fam its like Hounslow innit

 

[El Panteron]

It's not quite sure they were actually a Kali worshipping sect as some accounts have them invoking god (making them muslims too), my uneducated guess is they were probably bandits and made a point of using religion to unify their groups.
Also notable that the armies and militia that operated in Indian fiefs were just disbanded, so one possibility is that soldiers turned to brigands once they were stripped of official authority as it happened in many other colonised and/or recently conquered territories.

I'm no historian though, just some nerd. Will marry an archaeologist come june though.

 

[Nizam al-Mulk]

Obligatory

You are still upset about the British ending them?

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

You are still upset about the British ending them?

I thought this thread was about them apparently never existing in the first place. Didn’t you say that in the OP?

 

[Nizam al-Mulk]

I thought this thread was about them apparently never existing in the first place. Didn’t you say that in the OP?

I stated that they never existed anywhere?

 

[Xuh]

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

I stated that they never existed anywhere?

You said they were possibly just a myth created by the British.