Please see;
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/p...talismans.html
I have selected this North Indian design as it struck me that its circular pattern was reminiscent of the large disc atop Tulvar Pommels ..It is typically in Indian script and follows the geometry of such weapons ...whilst conveniently it is part of a treatise on Talismanic detail.
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.