This sword is an example of decorative weaponry.

Both the hilt and the blade exhibit decoration in same technique. The steel hilt is heavily chiseled and chased in floral scroll and foliate interlace arrangement .

The long, curved tulwar blade is decorated with a molded design depicting a hunting scene. Elk-like animals run from hunters on horses, one sporting bow and arrow, and the other attacking with a musket. In the center of the scene, one elephant and a tiger are seen in a fight. In the section closest to the blade, the deers or elks are running from the tigers and lions, and another catches an elk just as he is speared by a hunter riding a horse.

 The human hunters are shown to be agile, strong and fearless, always the victors in the battle of man against beast. Hunting was an important symbolic and social activity for Indian nobility. Representations of hunting were used to reflect on the bravery and strength of the owner. Decorative swords like this were not used in battle but rather were often given at public receptions to distinguished personages in recognition of their services and as emblems of their military prowess and status