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The ore / raw steel might come from india indeed. That would make some sense, since the empire had a strong influence there.

So it may have traces of vanadium in it, along with anything else to...

Nice blade, but that is in all likely hood not wootz.
India steel, silver steel, magnetic, damascus, etc have all been used as marketing terms.
It could be any of the alloys they experimented with...