Silambam Asia where silambam greatly influenced many fighting systems. The Indian community of the Malay Peninsula is known to have practiced silambam as far back as the period of Melaka's founding in the 15th century, and likely much earlier. The soldiers of Kings Puli Thevar, Dheeran Chinnamalai had Silambam army named "thadii pattalam", Veerapandiya Kattabomman and Maruthu Pandiyar (1760–1799) relied mainly on their Silambam prowess in their warfare against the British Army. Indian martial arts suffered a decline after the British colonists banned Silambam along with various other systems. They also introduced modern western military training which favoured fire-arms over traditional
Isa Khel (sub-tribe) and villages of Isa Khel comprising 60% population of Isa Khel tribe. The names of their villages are Khaglanwala, Behu (s) (i.e. Saido Khel, Beram Khel and Hakeem Khel),Sarwar Khel, Wandha Ghalay Khel, Attock Paniala, Khira in Lukki Marwat District. The names of some notable sub-clans are Khizar Khel, Ahmad Khel, Ghazi Khel, Azeem Khel,Sherkhani,Fateh Khani,Wadday,Nasir Khel,Daulat Khel (Saido Khel), Pahar Khel,Ghali Khel, Beram Khel,Hakeem Khel, Shamsi Khel (Umar Khel, Haji Khel, Jhangi Khel (Nourang Khel), Machi Khel, Sarwar Khel) Isa Khel (sub-tribe) Isakhel is a sub-tribe of the Pashtun tribe, Niazi. The earliest recorded mention of the isa khel