Full wootz kard
...and some gold.Rajput child katar
With ganga - jamni gold koftgariKorbandi
Hindi word for a type of decoration with a plain center and gold or silver decorated borders.Parrot hilt wootz khanjar
With vintage silver mounted scabbard.Northern katar
with laminated blade and chiseled hilt.Katar from Kota, Rajasthan
Indian wootz blade and remains of floral gold overlay.Katar in katar curio item
Made around 1900 in Alwar, Rajasthan, for the tourist market.Persian percussion blunderbuss
With very fine twistcore barrel.Signed Sikh talwar, dated 1838
Of Punjabi make, inscribed inside the knuckle guard as being presented by Sukhu Singh in 1838.Martial activities in 18th-century Indian art
By Harjit Singh Sagoo
Review: Wereldmuseum Leiden Mughal arms
A review of the Mughal arms exhibit ad the Wereldmuseum Leiden.Fine Kutch horse head shamshir
The style typical of Kutch, the execution far above what is normally seen on work from that area.Indian Jade mounted dagger
Nice and complete with opaque green hilt and scabbard mounts.South Indian cobra tip sword
An early fighting piece with strong reinforcing langet and broad, cobra shaped tip.Indian enamel and wootz dagger
With designs of animals, often attributed to Lucknow, north India.Indian betel box
Made of brass and bronze, now deeply patinated.Very good Deccan chilanum
A large example in excellent state of preservation.Large southern silver gilt katar
Its hilt overlaid with thick silver, then fire-gilt.Punjabi khanda for court of Ratlam
The hilt carries an inscription dating it to 1841.Tarah-i-khāra (तरह इ खर)
Hindu name for a heavy type of heavy bodkinGroup of mounted Indian arrows
Featuring various extremely rare arrows with crescent heads.Flintlock lance
A what? Yes exactly. An extremely rare piece, the only example I am aware of in published collections at least.Sipar (سپر/सीपर)
Persian word for shield.Large sipar fouladi (wootz shield)
North Indian shield entirely made of wootz, including its bosses.Early Mughal kapwah
An over 400-year-old Mughal court dagger. Once lavishly decorated with gold.Southern Indian child's talwar
With an inscription alluding to it having belonged to the son of Tipu Sultan.Rajput katar with rubies and diamonds
Of steel construction with gold overlay. Of a type produced in Rajasthan in the early 1800s.Silver chevron katar
All the designs being true inlay, with almost no losses.Garsoee katar
An enigmatic type of katar produced in various places in India.Indian jade hilted dagger
With wootz blade and the jade hilt set with small rubies.kundan (कुंदन)
It literally means "gold" but is also a technique for setting gems into brittle surfaces.Gilt-copper hilted kard
Fine Indian kard with gilt copper alloy hilt, decorated with chiseled flowers.The Indian talwar, a glossary
Glossary of terms of the Indian talwar sword.Firanghi with gold overlaid hilt
The manner of decoration is entirely geometrical, which is very hard to do right.Ganga Jamni decorated kard
Ganga - Jamni refers to the rivers of the Ganges and Jamna. It was used to describe metalwork done in contrasting colors, usually gold and silver, in inlay or overlay work.Marwari talwar with 1857 dated hilt
The hilt is in the typical Marwari Rajput style, made by Ram Namar in 1857 A.D.A Fraser talwar from the Deccan
Once belonging to William Fraser (1784-1835), a British civil servant.William Fraser
A British civil servant who is famous for recruiting Ghurkas and the compilation of the Fraser album.A Fraser talwar, 18th century
Once belonging to William Fraser (1784-1835), a British civil servant.Southern katar with yali langets
Of a style often associated with Tanjore, the seat of the Vijayanagara empire.Southern katar with thick point
The blade with an extremely thick point on a very thin blade.Northern wootz katar
With different types of decor on either side of the hilt.Vijayanagara hooded katar
With crisp, extremely very well-preserved wootz blade.Rare Santali shield
Peculiar shield with catching hook, used by the Santali people of Bengal.Indian Antelope Axe
An enigmatic type of axe, this one probably from tribal north India.Sosun pattah with twistcore blade
The hilt with overlay of the finest quality of the periodWaitsum
Language: Khasi
Source: In common use