Subject: sawār cavalry
Culture: Kannada
Setting: British / Maratha wars, Mysore 1767-1799
Object: katar punch dagger
Windlass Steelcrafts *
Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *
"Dagger (katar) Indian, Mysore, late 18th century The flamboyant blade is unusually long,
and therefore has a central reinforce to stiffen and support it.
The grip is constructed with two cross bars with carved knops connecting the side bars." ...
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* Higgins Armory Museum > Scimitars to Samurai
"Jamadhar (punch dagger), 1700s Central or southern India;
