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Jens Nordlunde · 1st January 2006, 02:33 PM

Hi Fernando,
Portugal had quite a lot of colonies in the area, in India they had one at Goa on the west coast. I doubt very much that Portugal, or any other country for that matter, had any influence on the katar, other than European blades were sometimes used in especially south Indian katars, farangis and patas.

1st January 2006, 02:33 PM	#3
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Hi Fernando, Portugal had quite a lot of colonies in the area, in India they had one at Goa on the west coast. I doubt very much that Portugal, or any other country for that matter, had any influence on the katar, other than European blades were sometimes used in especially south Indian katars, farangis and patas.