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>>1760 Maratha pindari
>>>katar
Subject: पिण्डारी pindari light cavalry raider
Culture: Maratha
Setting: Maratha Confederacy, India late 17-early 19thc
Object: कट्यार kaṭyāra katar punch-dagger

​Higgins Armory Museum > Great Hall > Combat Wing *
"Katar or Jamadhar, 18th/19th century  Indian (Deccan?),
 with a possibly European blade Steel: iron" ...





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* Higgins Armory Museum > Scimitars to Samurai
"Jamadhar (punch dagger), 1700s  
Central or southern India; blade: probably Europe  
Steel; iron; silver; brass; copper  Weight: 1 lb. 4 oz." ...








​* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"Dagger (katar)  North Indian, 18th century  
This dagger has a double-edged blade and a reinforced point 
and a metal ridge within a recessed panel flanked by fullers, 
and with a lotus bud at the base." ...

* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"Dagger (katar)  Indian, Mughal, 17th century  
Already an old weapon at the time of the mutiny, 
this dagger has seen much use and is slightly damaged." ...