Last updated: October 2026 · Method: desk research across published sources and visitor reports; nothing first-hand, confirm locally.
📄 Image slot — silver purity hallmarks and testing methods displayed at a counter.
Silver in Udaipur is tested three ways: read the hallmark, run the simple physical checks, and buy from counters willing to demonstrate all of it.
The tests
- The stamp: look for the 925 sterling mark and, on Indian-made pieces, the BIS hallmark with its purity and maker codes; the silver guide explains the markings in full.
- The physical checks: genuine silver is dense with soft edges, a magnet does nothing to it, and honest wear reveals none of the base-metal colour that plated pieces eventually show.
- The counter test: the shop’s behaviour is the most reliable signal. Sellers of real silver demonstrate willingly, weigh pieces in front of you, and write the purity on the bill.
Price gives a final cross-check: silver tracks the daily bullion rate, so quotes far below it are a warning, the same discipline the price-tier guide applies to paintings and the Jaisalmer gold guide applies to gold. Ask for the bill with the purity written on it; that single line is what makes any later exchange possible.