Some may have wondered where the places mentioned are, besides being in India.
Rajputana is roughly coextensive with the modern state of Rajasthan, Boondi/Boondee is now called Bundi and Kotha is called Kota. Try the link below, and you will find Bundi and Kota in the lower right corner of Rajasthan.
http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/raja...travel-map.htm it is always interesting to know from where the weapon comes, and in the book Th.H. Hendley tells us, from where the katar in his book – Damascening on Steel or Iron, as Practised in India, comes, from this information, we also know that the katar shown in the book was made before 1892 – the year the book was published.
I will add the picture once more as I have lightened it, to make it easier to compare.
Jens