[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 # Dagger This steel punch dagger was made within the Mughal empire in the first quarter of the 17th century. It is made of watered steel inlaid with gold and was part of the collection of William Tayler. Tayler was a civil servant working for the East India Company in Bengal from 1829 to 1859. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1600–1625 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.371-a-1875](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.371-a-1875) · Pramāṇa