[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) › Chauri handle # Chauri handle This handle made within the Mughal empire, probably in the 18th century, has been fashioned from a large crystal of clear, colourless rock crystal that was free of major flaws and inclusions. It tapers from a square, drilled end to the other, waisted end that terminates in an almost conical finial. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1700–1799 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-331-1920](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-331-1920) · Pramāṇa