Its an interesting question, and if I have to be honest I must say, no I don’t know if they are armoury inventory numbers, or at least not armoury numbers like Europeans regard such numbers.
We know that Raja Anup Singh (1638-1698) fought for the Mughals in Deccan, and destroyed many towns and forts, amongst these was Adoni at the end of 1600. We also know that Anup Singh brought a lot of old manuscripts, paintings, weapons and other valuable things to Bikaner. According to descriptions, the booty must have been enormous, and that is why they, in Bikaner, to day have a very fine library with old manuscripts.
We don’t know how many weapons Anup Singh brought back, but he can hardly have seen them, as he was appointed governor after he had taken most of Deccan, and died there about twenty years later. A lot of the weapons, if not the greatest part, in the Bikaner armoury to day, are from Adoni and other places in Deccan, and we know, that many if not all of these weapons are dot marked, but we don’t know why or when. It is said that dot marking was used in other places as well, so a dot mark can point towards Bikaner, but it does not have to.
I hope the table with numerals can help you further.
Jens
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