Rachel Parikh is a curator, author, and historian of South Asian and Islamic Art, specializing in arms and armor. She has held several curatorial positions at the Art Institute of Chicago; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Harvard Art Museums; and Worcester Art Museum.

Aparna Andhare is an art historian, and works independently on teaching, writing, and research projects. Previously, she was curator at the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, City Palace Jaipur, and specializes in eighteenth-century art of the Indian subcontinent.

Salam Kaoukji is the chief curator and collection manager of The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, and the author of the Collection monographs Precious Indian Weapons and Other Princely Accoutrements and the forthcoming publication Adornment and Splendour: Jewels of the Indian Courts.

Francesca Levey is arms and armour conservator for the Royal Collection Trust, with a special interest in South Asian weaponry. She gained her Masters in Conservation at West Dean College and previously worked at The Wallace Collection on the cataloguing project for Ottoman, Middle-Eastern, and Asian arms and armor.