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Jamdhar katari - a theory

19th February 2019, 01:19 PM

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Mercenary

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Originally Posted by ariel

The author posits that Katars entered the North Indian panoply of weapons primarily as a tiger-hunting weapon.
That surely explains the abundance of North Indian katars and the scarcity of North Indian tigers :-)

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Since the 1840 katars have been created for sale to tourists. R.Elgood. Rajputs Arms&Armour

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