Arrows

This arrow has a bamboo shaft with a thick, needle-like point made of steel and an ivory nock at the end. This type of arrow is known as tarah-i-khar (in Dastur-ul-Insha) and suchimukha (innurveda), meaning ‘thorn-shaped’ or ‘needle-shaped’.

Kind

artefact

Date

1700–1799 CE