Tulwar Inscription

spiral · 10th December 2007, 10:56 PM

Jim, the only floral Afghan work I can tottaly recall is on a Tribal Afghan kukri scabbard i have. Cant recall it on a blade. Think I have seen similar on Poulwar scabbards though but have no examples to hand.

Heres the bayonet marking with the above Dari script is a squarer form. {presumably the tools & level of illitracy amongst the armoury workers plays a role in the shaping of the letters.

From this thread.

linky

I have no knowledge of the term 'cintamani' I know the presumed more usual meaning of 3 dots with Hindu weaponary but thats a different subject.

But I also notice 1,2,& 3 dots appear to be used for some linguistic or gramatical meaning in Dari.

i ll see if I already have photos of my Afghan floral scabbard online, if not Ill take & post some.

Spiral

10th December 2007, 10:56 PM	#12
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Jim, the only floral Afghan work I can tottaly recall is on a Tribal Afghan kukri scabbard i have. Cant recall it on a blade. Think I have seen similar on Poulwar scabbards though but have no examples to hand. Heres the bayonet marking with the above Dari script is a squarer form. {presumably the tools & level of illitracy amongst the armoury workers plays a role in the shaping of the letters. From this thread. linky I have no knowledge of the term 'cintamani' I know the presumed more usual meaning of 3 dots with Hindu weaponary but thats a different subject. But I also notice 1,2,& 3 dots appear to be used for some linguistic or gramatical meaning in Dari. i ll see if I already have photos of my Afghan floral scabbard online, if not Ill take & post some. Spiral