Excellent example you have! Congratulations for the acquisition!
However, from all I know, these tulwars are called "hunting tulwars" because of the hunting scenes engraved on their blades and not because they were actually used for hunting.
In fact, almost all of them have very poor quality steel blades, too soft to be of any practical use.
They became popular after the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London (and continued afterwards) as souvenirs and collector items for the Western, mainly British, visitors.
They come in various qualities and yours is definitely from the top tier, with deep, high quality engravings.
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