Early 19th Century Indian Talwar Sword W Scabbard
About this listing
This aggregated auction listing is being sold by HiBid in Willoughby, Ohio. The auction has 21 days remaining. BidProwl's Flip Score puts it at 80/100, which scores well above the median for seized property.
Description from HiBid
Impressive Talwar iron disc hilt and knuckle bow, and a fullered blade. measuring 35 1/2 inches 30 1/2 inch curved blade. Comes with a red painted wood scabbard.
Etymology and classification:
The word talwar originated from the Sanskrit word taravari which means "one-edged sword".[2] It is the word for sword in several related languages, such as Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu), Nepali, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, etc. and as toloar (talo?ara) in Bengali. Like many swords from around the world with an etymology derived from a term meaning simply 'sword', the talwar has in scholarship, and in museum and collector usage, acquired a more specific meaning. However, South Asian swords, while showing a rich diversity of forms, suffer from relatively poor dating (so developmental history is obscure) a...
