TULWAR for Comment and ID

[Jim McDougall]

In this map of India, which might help clarify 'tulwar areas'

From the upper 'Central Provinces' northward are regions of the tulwar, with Rajasthan the primary production center for hilts. Often hilts were exported such as into regions in the 'gray' are which included Delhi, Lucknow and Agra, all Mughal primarily.

The central provinces comprise the 'Deccan' which can be considered geographic, cultural or ethnographic including tribal, religious followings. This 'very' loosely in my view becomes a kind of line of demarcation for the Indo-Persian hilt tulwar.
The exceptions are as noted with Tipu Sultan in Mysore, which along with Hyderabad were the possibilities for tulwar use, but only in degree as these are not significantly represented in tulwar references.