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 …

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 …

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] …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …