Brass Hilt Tulwar with Script

[Jens Nordlunde]

I am afrait that Ariel is right in his judgement.
Whne it comes to the dot marking it seems to me that i could be Kutch script, numbers and letters - strange with the dots inbetween. 51 . 21 . ? . ? 27 ?

[Jim McDougall]

The REAL treasure is in that blade, and with those inscribed 'numbers' outstanding!
The hilt is as noted of the cheap pale brass used in reproductions back in the 60s......they used to sell Indian tulwars in magazines for 19 bucks. The poor braising is also evident.
I once had a great 17th century tulwar blade but with clearly modern mounts. It seemed to me the blade deserved its own merit, but I was hesitant to dismount it . Just display it as is with notice to the blade......the hilt is just a prop.

[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.

[RAMBA]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

The REAL treasure is in that blade, and with those inscribed 'numbers' outstanding!
The hilt is as noted of the cheap pale brass used in reproductions back in the 60s......they used to sell Indian tulwars in magazines for 19 bucks. The poor braising is also evident.
I once had a great 17th century tulwar blade but with clearly modern mounts. It seemed to me the blade deserved its own merit, but I was hesitant to dismount it . Just display it as is with notice to the blade......the hilt is just a prop.

Yes I would take 1960's for when this marriage was arranged. The blade does have some age to it - archaic - and the dot markings are old too.