Thuggee (UK: / θʌˈɡiː /, US: / ˈθʌɡi /) is the name given to alleged thugs, who, supposedly, were historical organised cults of professional robbers and murderers in India. They were said to have travelled in groups across the Indian subcontinent. [2] They are purported to have murdered their victims by strangling using a bandana as a tool. [3] .

2022年7月16日 · Thuggees, from the Sanskrit word meaning “concealment”, were an organized gang of professional assassins – sometimes described as the world's first mafia – who operated from the 13th to the 19th centuries in India.

The Thuggee and Dacoity Department, also called Thagi and Dakaiti Department, was an organ of the East India Company, [1] and inherited by British India, which was established in 1830 [2] with the mission of addressing dacoity (banditry), highway robbery, and …

In the 1830s this Indian secret society strangled upward of 30,000 native people and travelers as a sacrifice to their goddess Kali, the "Dark Mother," the Hindu Triple Goddess of creation, preservation, and destruction. The name Thuggee comes from the Sanskrit sthaga, "deceiver."

Thugs were a well organized, hereditary cult that practiced large scale robbery and murder, justified by their belief in serving Kali. Membership induction was often passed from father to son, with the women of the home being kept unaware of the men’s cult activity.

2023年10月30日 · The Thuggees were a secretive criminal cult that haunted India from the 14th to 19th centuries. Their name originates from the Hindi word “thag” which means deceiver or thief.

2020年5月4日 · Thug (s) and the crime of thuggee— highway robbery following murder by strangulation using a knotted scarf, captivated British imagination in the middle of the nineteenth century.

hug(s) and the crime of thuggee—highway robbery fol-lowing murder by strangulation using a knotted scarf, Tcaptivated British imagination in the middle of the nine-teenth century.

2022年1月1日 · In present-day America, “Thug” is a popular word, equated with a corrupt life, particularly associated with the Black community. In Medieval India, Thugs belonged to both Hindus and Muslims Indians, and their Thuggee cult found its religious base in the goddess, Kali, or tutelary deity Mariatta.

2013年11月18日 · Meet the original thugs. The word "thug" traces its roots to the Hindi and Urdu word thag, which means thief or swindler, and which itself is derived from the Sanskrit verb sthagati (to conceal)....