This article seeks to examine the significance of firearms in the making of the frontier and the ways in which societies on the North-East Frontier of British India encountered and adapted firearms between the 1860s and 1910s. It will study the complex ways in which the entry of firearms was mediated and galvanised by a range of processes such as imperial expansion, the intrusion of capital, access to resources, the role of violence, and the drawing of new borders. In turn, the circulation and diffusion of firearms also engendered a range of other practices and experiences among the societies on the frontier. Moving along various land and river routes, a range of individuals and traders were involved in circulating arms and ammunition into the imperial margins. They, in turn, linked the frontier geographies to markets, ports, and other larger oceanic networks. A focus on the flow of firearms as such illustrates a web of interconnections that straddled multiple scales and relations. As firearms circulated and gradually made their way into the periphery, various measures were initiated by the colonial state, such as enforcing prohibitive laws and instituting surveillance structures to control and block the flow of firearms along the North-East Frontier. This article examines some of these complex processes, dynamics, and experiences that ensued through the circulation and diffusion of firearms on the North-East Frontier of British India.

本文旨在研究枪支在边境建设中的重要性，以及英属印度东北边境的社会在 1860 年代至 1910 年代之间遇到和改造枪支的方式。它将研究一系列过程，如帝国扩张、资本入侵、资源获取、暴力的作用和新边界的划分，以何种复杂方式调节和激发了枪支的进入。反过来，枪支的流通和扩散也在前沿社会中产生了一系列其他做法和经验。沿着各种陆地和河流路线移动，一系列个人和商人参与将武器和弹药流通到帝国边缘。反过来，他们将边境地区与市场、港口、和其他更大的海洋网络。对枪支流通的关注说明了一个跨越多个尺度和关系的相互联系的网络。随着枪支流通并逐渐进入外围，殖民国家采取了各种措施，例如执行禁止性法律和建立监视结构以控制和阻止枪支沿东北边境流动。本文考察了通过枪支在英属印度东北边境的流通和扩散而产生的一些复杂过程、动态和经历。殖民国家采取了各种措施，例如执行禁止性法律和建立监视结构以控制和阻止沿东北边境的枪支流动。本文考察了通过枪支在英属印度东北边境的流通和扩散而产生的一些复杂过程、动态和经历。殖民国家采取了各种措施，例如执行禁止性法律和建立监视结构以控制和阻止沿东北边境的枪支流动。本文考察了通过枪支在英属印度东北边境的流通和扩散而产生的一些复杂过程、动态和经历。