Alan, thank you for responding to my comment.
In no way I would believe Balinese were warriors who lived by indulging in warfare, and only grew rice in their spare time. No one, except you, were speaking here about Balinese society as a warrior society at all.
Balinese did not serve as mercenaries only to Dutch, but also to different Javanese parties in all Javanese Wars of Succession (until the very end - Mangkubumi preferred Madurese, Raden Mas Said - Balinese), and even did their own thing under Surapati. Of course you are absolutely right about Balinese slaves - Surapati also was one for some time. These mercenaries were undoubtely warriors.
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