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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1541189, member: 2844&quot;]That&#039;s what I thought, but that doesn&#039;t rule out a possible VOC connection.</p><p>In 1763 the VOC still had colonies in India, notably the Coromandel Coast, Surat in Gujarat, and parts of coastal Bengal. They also had a trading post in Agra, south of Delhi.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Dutch were not like the Brits. During many periods of VOC history, relationships with local girls were encouraged, and there were marriages with local aristocrats to ensure good trade benefits and loyalty.</p><p>Quite a few VOC officals were part Indian and could have had Indian swords through their family, just like many VOC officials in Indonesia had keris through their local family connections. Even one of the governors of the South African Cape Colony, Simon van der Stel (of wine fame) had an Indian mother or grandmother.</p><p><br /></p><p>Neither have I, but that doesn’t mean much either.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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