One of the most common common methods of torture , especially during the Mughal era, was trampling by elephants.
Criminals would be trampled to death under elephants under this torture method.
'Death by a thousand cuts', or Lingchi, was a torture method used predominantly in China.
Lingchi involved cutting off the flesh of a person piece by piece at a public location.
The 'Pear of Anguish' was designed to be inserted into an orifice of the victim and slowly opened to gag or mutilate the victim.
The 'Judas' Cradle' would inflict excruciating pain to the victim, who would be made to sit on the tip of a metal pyramid.
The 'Brazen Bull' was conceived to bake alive the victim in a metal bull, under which a fire would be lit. The screams of the victim would come out as the bull's bellows.
The 'Heretic's Fork' would, a device with pointy ends, would be fixed to the victim's throat and chest using a strap to pierce him slowly.