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
Datta Khel in the area of Saidgai, in North Waziristan’s Datta Khel region. On March 17, 2011, a US airstrike that killed 44 people in the city led to widespread condemnation in Pakistan. Datta Khel Datta Khel () or Data Khel is a town in North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is part of Datta Khel Tehsil of North Waziristan district. Datta Khel is located around 41 km South West of near by towns of Miran Shan and 21 km of Boya in North Wizaristan. According to the 2017 census, the population of Datta Khel, is 1037 with total number