▁show c ased ▁in ▁mart ial ▁arts - th emed ▁document ary ▁serial s ▁like ▁Mah ag uru , ▁Gel ang gang ▁and ▁Ger ak ▁Tang k as . ▁Other ▁instances ▁of ▁sil at ▁on ▁television ▁include ▁the ▁following . ▁▁ ▁An ▁episode ▁of ▁Disc overy ▁Channel ' s ▁series ▁Fight ▁Qu est ▁show c ased ▁p enc ak ▁sil at ▁in ▁Band ung , ▁Indones ia ▁. ▁ ▁Liter ature ▁Sil at ▁in ▁the ▁literary ▁tradition ▁can ▁be ▁trac ed ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁old ▁h ik ay at ▁or ▁ep ics ▁which ▁became ▁popular ▁as ▁liter acy ▁spread ▁among ▁S out heast ▁Asian ▁common ers , ▁specifically ▁common ers ▁from ▁the ▁Mal ay ▁Pen ins ula ▁beginning ▁around ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century . ▁St ories ▁such ▁as ▁H ik ay at ▁Ind er aj aya ▁and ▁H ik ay at ▁H ang ▁Tu ah ▁from ▁Malays ia , ▁focus ▁on ▁legend ary ▁or ▁semi - histor ical ▁mart ial ▁artists . ▁In ▁Indones ia , ▁this ▁tradition ▁has ▁continued ▁into ▁modern ▁times ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁historical ▁sil at ▁nov els ▁or ▁cer ita ▁sil at , ▁equivalent ▁to ▁the ▁Chinese ▁w ux ia ▁genre . ▁Notable ▁authors ▁include ▁Bast ian ▁T ito , ▁K ho ▁P ing ▁Ho ▁and ▁S . H . ▁M int ard ja ▁whose ▁popular ▁books ▁have ▁been ▁adapted ▁into ▁period - d ram as ▁for ▁television ▁such ▁as ▁W ira ▁Sab l eng ▁and ▁N aga ▁S as ra ▁Sab uk ▁Int an .