 Krishna Maharaja, who single-handedly overcame an elephant according to the Mahabharata, is credited with developing the sixteen principles of armed combat.Many of the popular sports mentioned in the Vedas and the epics have their origins in military training, such as boxing (musti-yuddha), wrestling ("malladwandwa"), chariot-racing ("rathachalan"), horse-riding ("aswarohana") and archery ("dhanurvidya").Competitions were held not just as a contest of the players' prowess but also as a means of finding a bridegroom.