It's interesting to note that the khanda sword was adopted in the North of Sumatra and there it was called peudeung, just won by a German auction such a sword, mislabeled as "Khanda from India".
There's one in the World Museum here in Leiden that is similarly misidentified. I attempted to correct this years ago but it remains in the little Mughal arms exhibit to this day.
10th April 2025, 11:37 AM
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