(: I guess you realized that they should have joined the nascent airforce— it was the last truish example of single combat between champions, one, ironically, enabled by technology—- the continental aristocrats did :) (eg Baron von R) (maybe they had a better-faith classical education, considering their generally more accurate transmission of the classic pronunciations)

BTw Kerala supposedly.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_combat

“ The Kerala practice was discontinued in the 19th century under the British Raj.”