Help wanted Identification of Katars

Edward F · 11th January 2015, 07:58 PM

Post 31 they are all the same symbol (lower left symbol is odd ) as you know this dotted marking is small and to create a letter or numbers with dots on metal you will most likely not get a consistant letter.

Jens Nordlunde · 12th January 2015, 01:33 PM

As I dont read or write any off the Indian languages I asked a friend in India if he could help. Here is his answer to the dot marks i post 31 lower left corner.

"Yes you are right. It is in Gujarati (the language spoken on Indias west coast - Gujarat-Kutch state. This part borders Rajasthan. It reads bHi not bi. But I will lay my bet that it was inscribed at the Bikaner armoury by an ironsmith who used that dialect/script."

Not all the weapons in the Bikaner armory are made there, as some were looted and brought there. The workers at the Bikaner armoury were either natives from Bikaner/people who had moved there/people who had been moved there, so inscriptions could/would be a bit different.

11th January 2015, 07:58 PM	#1
Edward F Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 54	symbol post 31 Post 31 they are all the same symbol (lower left symbol is odd ) as you know this dotted marking is small and to create a letter or numbers with dots on metal you will most likely not get a consistant letter.

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12th January 2015, 01:33 PM	#2
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	As I dont read or write any off the Indian languages I asked a friend in India if he could help. Here is his answer to the dot marks i post 31 lower left corner. "Yes you are right. It is in Gujarati (the language spoken on Indias west coast - Gujarat-Kutch state. This part borders Rajasthan. It reads bHi not bi. But I will lay my bet that it was inscribed at the Bikaner armoury by an ironsmith who used that dialect/script." Not all the weapons in the Bikaner armory are made there, as some were looted and brought there. The workers at the Bikaner armoury were either natives from Bikaner/people who had moved there/people who had been moved there, so inscriptions could/would be a bit different.