Thuggee was a phenomenon of highway robbery in the Indian subcontinent that saw gangs of Thugs (sometimes spelled Thags) traverse the region, murdering and robbing travellers, often by strangling. During the British colonial era, thuggee was portrayed and popularised as a secret pan-Indian fraternity of ritual stranglers with ancient origins, motivated by fanaticism and bloodlust.
Thuggee was a phenomenon of highway robbery in the Indian subcontinent that saw gangs of Thugs (sometimes spelled Thags) traverse the region, murdering and robbing travellers, often by strangling. During the British colonial era, thuggee was portrayed and popularised as a secret pan-Indian fraternity of ritual stranglers with ancient origins, motivated by fanaticism and bloodlust.
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