The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.23
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¹ For the military importance of this state of affairs which 'made the ordinary business of peace time...a regular training for campaigning,' and which 'explains the extraordinary promptitude with which the wars of the Indian army have been so frequently entered on,' see Chesney, *Indian Polity*, Chapter XVII (quoted in *Imp. Gaz.* III, pp. 402-3).