On the Use of Indian Terms for Identification of Weapon Types

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

Also, thank you Fernando for showing these pata examples, are these from Daehnhardt's book ? ..

Yes Jim, from his collection, as mentioned, and also from his books. I don't recall having seen patas when i had the previlege to visit his collection; which is no surprise, due to the myriad ot items that my eyes had to look at, in so little time.

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

... The 'pata' conundrum is yet another of India's edged weapon mysteries which remains elusively intriguing, and these images and these mentions of it very much rekindle the flame...

Yes, things are not yet clear. But that would be another deal.