[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) › Sword # Sword The 'gauntlet' form of the hilt of this sword is typical of that found in the Deccan and further south in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is of made of the watered steel for which the south of India was famous. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1600–1625 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.3327-is](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.3327-is) · Pramāṇa