20th August 2021, 01:32 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: AUCKLAND,NEW ZEALAND
Posts: 624
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One of the few in my collection
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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
Yup! a tragic travesty! The Brits did however retain select items as souvenirs or for posterity, much as in the Tanjore debacle 1870s as described by Walhouse (the original source used by Egerton, Oldman et al in many cases).
At Tanjore, the armory in Tamil India, it was dismantled and the multitudes of huge volumes of Indian arms were basically destroyed. Other than key items of interest or higher quality arms, most were reduced to scrap by the Brits.
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Hi Stu
here is an unusual Adya Katti from my collection with a serrated blade
regards
Rajesh
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