Malla-yuddha such a wrestling match against a visiting champion in Singapore. Traditional Indian wrestling first began to decline in the north after the medieval Muslim invasions when influences from Persian wrestling were incorporated into native malla-yuddha. Under Mughal rule, courtly fashion favoured the Persianate pehlwani style. Traditional malla-yuddha remained popular in the south, however, and was particularly common in the Vijayanagara Empire. The 16th-century Jaina classic "Bharatesa Vaibhava" describes wrestlers challenging their opponents with grunts and traditional signs of patting the shoulders. Sculptures at Bhatkal depict wrestling matches, including female wrestlers. As part of his daily routine, the king Krishna Deva
Mama Khel Banoochi Mama Khel Banoochi Mama Khel Banoochi is a town and union council in Bannu District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Mama Khel is a Union Council in Bannu.In Mama Khel there one Higher secondary school for boys and one for girls,and numbers of primary and Middle schools for boys and girls. The Most significant thing of Mama Khel is its literacy rate which is highest in all Bannu which is almost 90%. The famous pushto singer Nader Ashna belongs to Mama Khel, other known persons are Engr Shafqat Ullah Khan and Malk Muhammad Ghani (Late).Tahair Khan has elected as a newly District Councilor