Many pulwars have small stones in the pommels, which make a rattling sound. I thought this was a feature unique to pulwars, but I saw an Indian sword have the same feature, stones inside the pommel. So it got me curious was this an originally Indian feature, or was it widespread in Asia?
https://youtu.be/m7gzQAUBHio
From the 3:15 mark, a South Indian sword is shown that has the same type of stones in the pommel, so I’m confused on the origin of this design quirk