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Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Genre:
History
Language:
en
Published:
August 03, 2015
ISBN13:
9780226264363
ISBN10:
022626436X
About the Book
Retreat and persistence of elephants -- Elephants and Indian kingship -- War elephants -- Structures of use: caturaga, vihana, vyha -- Elephant knowledge -- The spread of the war elephant -- North India, South India, Sri Lanka -- The Near East, North Africa, Europe -- Southeast Asia -- After the war elephant -- Drawing the balance, looking ahead