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Old 9th August 2014, 05:20 AM   #2
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Default Similarity to other forward curved knives and swords
This illustration is from Rawson, The Indian Sword. The hansia has similarities to the kora, kukri, and ram dao (nos. 1,2,3) and also resembles Nayar temple sword (no. 4).

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