'Thugs' (literally 'thags', or practitioners of 'thaggi') deceived and strangled travelers: paintiing by an Indian artist, for Captain James Paton, Assistant to the Resident at Lucknow, 1829-1840.

Thuggee (from Hindi 廜虐ag ???hief?? verb, thugna, to deceive, from Sanskrit sthaga ???unning?? ???ly?? ???raudulent?? ???ishonest?? ???coundrel?????? is the term for a particular kind of murder and robbery of travellers in South Asia and particularly in India.

Thuggee trace their origin to the battle of Kali against Raktabija