Gunpowder is one of the Four Great Inventions of China. Originally developed by the Taoists for medicinal purposes, gunpowder was first used for warfare around 904 AD. It spread throughout most parts of Eurasia by the end of the 13th century.

Because it burns rapidly and generates a large amount of heat and gas, gunpowder has been widely used as a propellant in firearms and as a pyrotechnic composition in fireworks. In ancient China, gunpowder and gunpowder-based weapons were invented and widely used by military forces to dispel invasion at the borders.

Gunpowder is the first explosive to have been developed. Popularly listed as one of the “Four Great Inventions” of China, it was invented during the late Tang dynasty (9th century) while the earliest recorded chemical formula for gunpowder dates to the Song dynasty (11th century).

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The first instance of guns being used were by the Song Chinese forces against the Jin in the Seige of De’an in 1132. The Mongols also used gunpowder in its invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281. As for Europe, firearms were first used in the Hundred Years’ War that pitted France and England against one another.

Mughals had great minds. They invented alot of things that help us today in our life , theire inventions Gun Powder, Paper, Tea and Printing Press. The Mughals ruled from Kabul to Assam and Kashmir to Tanjore on vast regions of India, they ruled from 1526 to 1858 or 16th to 18th century.

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Mughal artillery included a variety of cannons, rockets, and mines employed by the Mughal Empire. This gunpowder technology played an important role in the formation and expansion of the empire. This started the era of guns in India.

Gunpowder was introduced much earlier in the subcontinent, probably in the 13th century by Mongols. Arch and dome architecture was widely prevalent during the Delhi Sultanate time much earlier than arrival of Babur, who established the Timurid dynasty in India in the 16th century.

Babur was the first to make use of artillery and gunpowder fire arms in warfare during the first Battle of Panipat in 1526.

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In fact, the vast majority of cannonballs are of the non-explosive variety, and do their damage via kinetic energy. So basically, it’s going to break all the bones wherever it hits you, along with tissue damage, plus additional damage from when you hit whatever it knocks you into.

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Though more than a century old, the gunpowder inside was still dry and quickly ignited when a flare was put to it, police said. Purdy said the 3-inch cannonball found on Montagu Street appears to be solid, with no gunpowder inside. “It’s completely harmless,” he said.

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