[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) › Buckle # Buckle This belt buckle has been fashioned from a single piece of nephrite jade and was made somewhere within the Mughal empire, probably in the 18th century. Nephrite is a hard and durable material that can be worked to give small yet strong components but it requires a skilled craftsman to work the material successfully. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1700–1799 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.627-1874](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.627-1874) · Pramāṇa