Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - A Rajput Tulwar for comment and help with translation (again)

Jens Nordlunde · 18th August 2020, 04:33 PM

I dont think there is more than one text inscription on the blade - if it is a text inscription, as I cant read it.
I am, however, surprised to see there are two of the 'starting' Bikaner marks - the rest are numbers. As we dont know how these numbers were used in the armoury, we can only read the numbers, and start to wonder.
That the Bikaner mark has been used twice it unusual, and it seems as if it has been 'written' by different people.

18th August 2020, 04:33 PM	#4
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,713	I dont think there is more than one text inscription on the blade - if it is a text inscription, as I cant read it. I am, however, surprised to see there are two of the 'starting' Bikaner marks - the rest are numbers. As we dont know how these numbers were used in the armoury, we can only read the numbers, and start to wonder. That the Bikaner mark has been used twice it unusual, and it seems as if it has been 'written' by different people.