Wooden stirrups

Indian invention: loops hung from the saddle for the rider's feet. Stable enough for horseback archery, not yet for shock combat. This proof of concept propagated east and west.
 India 100 BCE Wooden stirrups

Indian invention: loops hung from the saddle for the rider's feet. Stable enough for horseback archery, not yet for shock combat. This proof of concept propagated east and west.