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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







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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." ...

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