The Rashtrakutas and their Times c19.s1.11
The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c19.s1.11
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c19.s1.11
The Indian armies in the time of the Rāṣṭrakūṭas had ceased to be *chaturanga*, for chariot as a fighting force was not used in our time. We nowhere find any mention of battalions of chariots either in epigraphical records or in the accounts of the contemporary Muslim writers. The epigraphical documents, while describing the military victories resulting in the surrender of war materials, refer to elephants, infantary and cavalry; chariots are mentioned only in connection with the insignia of honour of distinguished generals and military officers.⁸