Hello Ann, and welcome to the forum.
Do you know, are any of the ingots from the different parts of India magnetic?
In the book ‘The Mansabdari System and the Mughul Army’ the author, Abdul Aziz place the lodestone/Magnetite amongst the semi precious stones. What does it look like?
The sound is interesting. When you can make a katars side guards sound like a tuning fork for a looong time, it is fantastic, but when you try with a katar where the hilt has been cast, the sound is very short.
Jens
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