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Originally Posted by mrcjgscott
One of the hilts shows some letters under the crest. I will tidy this up a little and take some better quality images, as this might reveal the state of origin with any luck.
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That would be interesting to see.
I do not have enough knowledge on the topic to say with any confidence, but I believe the inscription is Marathi.
When I'm attempting these translations, I write down what I think it says and then type that into a program that converts roman alphabet into a range of Indian sub continent scripts. If I get a match, I know I'm getting better! The first character,
Ri, only looks like that when I select the Marathi option. It is different in Hindi, still devanagari script, just a different way of putting it together. All the other characters remain the same however.
Perhaps this is a hint that it came from Maharashtra state? Or somewhere nearby?