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DRAGON SKIN VERSUS KARNA'S ARMOR, KAVACHA AND KUNDALA Body armor   is the whole of protecting clothing, designed to absorb and/or deflect slashing, bludgeoning, and penetrating attacks.  They were historically used to protect soldiers, whereas today, they are also used to protect police forces, private citizens and private security guards or bodyguards. Two types exist: regular non-plated personal armor (used by the people mentioned above, except combat soldiers) and hard-plate reinforced personal armor, which is used by combat soldiers, police tactical units and hostage rescue teams.  We find the use body armor is indispensable from the ancient times to the modern era of high-tech warfare.  The main motto is to defend our body from the attack of hostile enemy. The oldest known western armor is the Dendra panoply, dating from the Mycenaean Era around 1400 B.C. In the modern high-tech times, our soldiers use metal or ceramic plates in their battle dress, pro