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Originally Posted by mariusgmioc
But since there is little doubt that is an Indian sword, why calling it "Indo-Persian" when Indian would do?!
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""Indo-Persian culture" refers to those Persian aspects that have been integrated into or absorbed into the cultures of the Indian Subcontinent (hence the prefix "Indo"), and in particular, into North India, and modern-day Pakistan."
If someone calls a Persian shamshir with the typical downward curved Persian hilt "Indo-Persian" it's simply wrong.
As I mentioned before, Indians often copied the most successfull patterns from other countries.
Roland