Indian swords with straight blade are well-known: firangi, dhup etc.
Re . the present one:
How do we know that it is Malayan/Sumatran and not Indian with a cup-like pommel characteristic of 16-17 century or earlier ?
These are illustrated in Hamzaname ( Jens has the pic and kindly sent me a copy, but it was lost after my computer crashed) and in Elgood's book on Hindu arms and ritual ( p.128)
Here are 3 of mine.
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