[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Dagger hilt # Dagger hilt The dagger hilt was made of mottled green nephrite jade within the Mughal empire in the last decades of the 18th century. There is a groove carved into the cavity for the blade which extends along most of the length of the quillons, and there is also a hole drilled part way down the length of the handle. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1775–1790 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.02583-is](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.02583-is) · Pramāṇa