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# Firearm

The matchlock sporting gun was made in Jaipur, Rajasthan, probably in the 19th century. Its stock of ebonised wood is inlaid with painted black and red; the barrel is chiselled and watered in a rose pattern, and inlaid with gold;

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1700–1800 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.2642-is](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.2642-is) · Pramāṇa
