Thanks Fernando and Sajen
Fernando, no that's not a signature. There's a fair bit of rust on that side and the brass inlay pattern has been broken up there,making it look perhaps like initials.
I'm sure India is correct, and I suspect it's pretty old.
It might even be described as "Indo-Persian". It may not show in the books because it's not strictly speaking a weapon.
It's a nice little oddity.
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