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The '''Chainarol''', also spelt as '''Chainalol''' (literally, ''"Way of the warrior"''<ref>https://books.google.com/books/about/Chainarol_Way_of_the_Warrior.html?id=psCQoAEACAAJ</ref>), is an [[Ancient Meitei language|ancient Meitei]] [[Puya (Meitei texts)|puya]] which records the armed combats of various gladiators through different periods of history of [[Ancient Manipur]].<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC&pg=PA332&dq=chainarol&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwji2YfrifPvAhVhmuYKHZTkCVYQ6AEwAHoECAEQAw#v=onepage&q=chainarol&f=false</ref><ref>http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Arts_and_Culture.Chainarol_Way_of_Warrior_Manipuri_Humanitarian_Traditions_Part_1</ref><ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=UhcLAQAAMAAJ&q=chainarol&dq=chainarol&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwji2YfrifPvAhVhmuYKHZTkCVYQ6AEwBXoECAAQAw</ref> It consists of 27 stories of real life incidents of the dual fight between different gladiators.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=lHwKAQAAMAAJ&q=chainarol&dq=chainarol&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwji2YfrifPvAhVhmuYKHZTkCVYQ6AEwBHoECAIQAw</ref><ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=LVpuAAAAMAAJ&q=chainarol&dq=chainarol&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwji2YfrifPvAhVhmuYKHZTkCVYQ6AEwA3oECAUQAw</ref> Various scholars believe that the first entry in the text is a personal combat dating back to the 1st century AD and the latest episode dating back to the 2nd half of the 16th century AD.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC&pg=PA332&dq=chainarol&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwji2YfrifPvAhVhmuYKHZTkCVYQ6AEwAHoECAEQAw#v=onepage&q=chainarol&f=false</ref>

==Bibliography==
* https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.465362

==References==
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