Sword, Scabbard, Sword, F46.35

Talwar'. Polished, curved, fluted blade. Plain. Inlaid silver floral patterned hilt. Knob-ended short cross-guard. Tapered languet, wide at squared off end. Finger-guard, stylised horse-head at pommel end, decorated inside chevrons. Disc-shaped pommel topped by hemisphered and four-sided pointed projections. Surrounded multi-petalled flower. Blade single-edged, double-edged near point. Brown leather scabbard, decorated circle/floral patterns at ends, one side only. c.f. Stone, pg. 601-2, fig. 770; Egerton pg. 126, pl. XIII, No 652, pg.132.

Locality: Delhi