A close-up photo shows the fragment, which includes the sword’s hilt, hand guard and the base of the blade. The decent-sized sword weighed about 2 pounds and had a roughly 2-inch-wide blade ...

Sotheby's which conducted the auction on Tuesday, said on its portal that the basket-hilt sword (khanda) was sold for 38,100 pounds. The estimate before the auction was between 6,000 and 8,000 ...