Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s3.t1.3

c7.s3.t1.3

¹ Compare Tod, I, 413, for an illustration from Rajput history. Compare Barbosa, I, 190-1, for a description of duel arrangements in the Deccan. A challenge was duly sent to the offender, and after it was accepted, royal permission to fight a duel was sought and usually granted. The day and the hour were then fixed by mutual arrangement. Seconds were chosen who selected the weapon with which the combatants were to engage in the duel, that of the one being of 'the same length as that of the other'. When the duel was fought, the King and the court also watched the spectacle. The traveller further adds that such duels were almost a daily feature of life in the South.