found this while googling indian short swords:
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				 Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Sale 
on Wednesday 30th June 2010 
 
Lots: 91-120 of 472 
 
AN UNUSUAL NORTH INDIAN SWORD, 19TH CENTURY 
with polished steel straight single-edged blade, steel hilt extending over the forte with a pair of shaped panels, recurved knuckle-guard with bud-shaped finial, swelling steel grip engraved with a panel of foliage around the top and rising to a beaked pommel, and retaining traces of silver plating, in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard 
71cm; 28in blade
			
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 mine seems to have an older trade blade tho.