Interesting sword and quite similar to 8.14 on p. 83 in Elgoods "Hindu Arms and Ritual". That is dated in the authors opinion to 14th or 15th century. The hilt componenets of that sword are bronze. The eBay description states brass/bronze as to the hilt elements. The largest disk appears bronze while everything else is brass. Certainly the blade reinforcement appears more recent but how recent who knows. I think the blade on this one has the potential to be respectively old.
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