[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953) › c8.s12.2 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s12.2 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s12.2 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s12.2) CHARIOT—\*Ratha\* (IV.2.10 etc.) was the more aristocratic conveyance. A collection of chariots is referred to as \*rathyā\* and \*ratha-kaṭyā\* (IV.2.50-51). The use of chariots for army was also known. Pāṇini refers to the divisions of an army (\*senāṅga\*, II.4.2), which according to the commentary included chariot-men and horsemen (\*rathikāśvāroham\*). - [Previous: c8.s12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s12.1) - [Next: c8.s12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s12.3) - [Up: c8.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s12) ## Cites (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.4.2.10) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s12.2) · Pramāṇa