AN INDIAN KHANDA with shamshir blade watered with the design of the 'Ladder of the Prophet', one side engraved with gold-filled signature 'Asad Allah' and the date, and the gold-filled inscription 'Shah 'Abbas', silver-covered hilt (worn, lining missing) with two suspension loops, and cloth-covered scabbard, the blade dated (1)181 for 1760 A.D.