Hi,
Was able to get a part of the incription on the other side.
it reads "Cho La Dar Na Tha Ji Tra Kha Ri(??)"
Which is more like someones name.
Could we have better snaps of the part just under the quillions???? as the koftgari there looks lil blurred.
Also, it was pretty common in India to have religious incriptions or names of makers/owners inscribed on weapons and the language used was Sanskrit/Hindi/Urdu etc.
The script used for Sanskrit/Hindi/Marathi languages is the same - Devanagari..
This does not necessarily mean anything towards sanskrit was in vogue or not.
Also for a faily long time the Vikram Samvat and Shalivahan Shaka are the calendars used in India. Even to date the Hindu religious/culturals festivities are based and celebrated on these calendars.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Bhushan
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