Brass Hilt Tulwar with Script

[Jens Nordlunde]

Hmm, I doubt how old the dot markings are - filled with some yellowish fluid.

[RAMBA]

Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

Hmm, I doubt how old the dot markings are - filled with some yellowish fluid.

The dot markings have been recently rubbed over with yellow chalk by the seller/auction house. I recall there was a before picture in the sale and the marking were barely visible. I believe they are to the period of the blade.Yes the best I could do was numbers and 6276 being the last four. I was looking at Gujarati script.

Found picture pre highlighted.

[bhushan_lawate]

The dot marks read the following:

Pa Ra Na 5215 (all in the Devanagari Script - used for Sanskrit, Marathi and Hindi languages)

However, the style of numbers does not appear to be too old and slightly off as well. however, this observation is based on the current clarity of photos and better quality snaps will help corroborate of change it.

Regards,
Bhushan

[RAMBA]

Originally Posted by bhushan_lawate

The dot marks read the following:

Pa Ra Na 5215 (all in the Devanagari Script - used for Sanskrit, Marathi and Hindi languages)

However, the style of numbers does not appear to be too old and slightly off as well. however, this observation is based on the current clarity of photos and better quality snaps will help corroborate of change it.

Regards,
Bhushan

Thank you this is fantastic - Creates more questions thought. I have cleaned the yellow chalk away and taken a photo through a magnifying glass.

[Jens Nordlunde]

Bhushan, Thank you for the correction.