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Punjabi khanda for court of Ratlam

The hilt carries an inscription dating it to 1841.

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Group of mounted Indian arrows

Featuring various extremely rare arrows with crescent heads.

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Southern Indian child's talwar

With an inscription alluding to it having belonged to the son of Tipu Sultan.

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Rajput katar with rubies and diamonds

Of steel construction with gold overlay. Of a type produced in Rajasthan in the early 1800s.

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Garsoee katar

An enigmatic type of katar produced in various places in India.

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Firanghi with gold overlaid hilt

The manner of decoration is entirely geometrical, which is very hard to do right.

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Ganga Jamni decorated kard

Ganga - Jamni refers to the rivers of the Ganges and Jamna. It was used to describe metalwork done in contrasting…

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A Fraser talwar from the Deccan

Once belonging to William Fraser (1784-1835), a British civil servant.

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A Fraser talwar, 18th century

Once belonging to William Fraser (1784-1835), a British civil servant.

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Southern katar with thick point

The blade with an extremely thick point on a very thin blade.

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Double bladed katar

Also called jamdhar doulicaneh. Forged from a single piece of steel, complete with scabbard.

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Northern wootz katar

With different types of decor on either side of the hilt.

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Vijayanagara hooded katar

With crisp, extremely very well-preserved wootz blade.

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Slender chilanum dagger

Of elegant form with very crisp blade.

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Sosun pattah with twistcore blade

The hilt with overlay of the finest quality of the period

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Talwar with 1693 dated blade

With later, elaborately chiseled hilt of very fine quality.

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Deccan firanghi with silver overlay

The basket hilt is elaborately overlaid with silver in floral designs.

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Interesting kirach with dated hilt

Mentioning the son of a Maharajah and a year corresponding to 1887 A.D.

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Fine 17th century pattissa

The enormous blade made of fine, boldly contrasting wootz steel.

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Malabar coast Moplah sword

A fine and somewhat unusual specimen, with engraved brass mounts and hardwood grip.

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A Solomon islands plaited bow

Made of palm wood, entirely decorated with plaited work.

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Goat hilted Khyber sword

With gold plated hilt and pattern welded blade.

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Solingen blade with pata hilt

Indian gauntlet sword with German blade made in Solingen.

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Rajput sosun pattah

With wootz blade, Marwari style hilt, and its original red velvet scabbard.

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Sosun Pattah

With Persian wootz blade, engraved at forte with floral designs.

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Kutch shamshir for Benson

Blade of Persian shamshir form, but of Indian make. Mounts in Kutch style gilt copper.

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Talwar of Mohta Bakhtawar Singh

A fine Marwari talwar presented to the Dewan (chief minister) of Bikaner in 1756 A.D.

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Vijayanagara katar

A 16th hooded katar with the wide, ribbed blade that is characteristic for this period.

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Nayar ritual sword

An unusually ornate iteration of the design, intended for Hindu ceremonies.

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South Indian pattissa

An early example, late Vijayanagara empire, with a fine wootz spatulate blade.

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Boy's brass hilted patá

With a charming brass zoomorphic gauntlet with feline head.

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Khanda with etched blade

A 19th-century type with an etched blade, simulating patterned steel.

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A fine north Indian dagger

Of jambiya form, with pattern welded blade and fine silver scabbard mounts.

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Talwar with wootz hilt and blade

With Persian style blade, showing Indian workmanship.

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A Sinhalese kirichchiya

A rare type of Sinhalese dagger with stylized bird hilt and blade with backedge.

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Sinhalese coral hilted knife

Also known as piha-kaetta, this is more correctly a pihiya.

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A northern katar in southern style

Exhibiting southern style beaded edges with northern style construction and gold.

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South Indian chiseled iron katar

A nice honest example of an early south Indian katar with great sculptural qualities.

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Fine piha kaetta with velvet scabbard

A very fine example with beautifully chiseled silver pommel plate.

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A very good ul-pihiya

A Sinhalese knife with lavish silver mounts and overlay.

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Stone-hilted pesh-kabz

A very large example with a strongly reinforced tip and stone handle scales.

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Unusual Indian zulfiqar sword

With bifurcated S-shaped blade in talwar hilt.

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Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.

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A katar with true inlay decoration

Late 17th century. With wootz blade and enamel chape.

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Wootz talwar with pierced scabbard

With fine gold overlaid hilt, tight-grained wootz blade and elaborately pierced scabbard.

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Talwar with Mamluk style blade

In Punjabi style hilt, with elaborately chiseled blade.

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A kirach with hunting scenes

Its blade pattern-welded and chiseled with designs of hunters and animals.

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Indian pata with Solingen blade

With a blade of 17th-century European manufacture, with trader's name on it.

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Various Indian arrows

An assortment of Indian arrows with various heads.

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A gilt Indian jambiya

With gilt-copper hilt and scabbard done in beautiful Kutch style repousse work.

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Talwar hilted shamshir

With a very fine Persian blade of "brilliant black" wootz.

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Lahore talwar hilted shamshir

Persian wootz shamshir in a talwar hilt from Lahore.

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