Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c12.s5.16
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c12.s5.16
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c12.s5.16
In the war with Vaiśālī Kūṇiya-Ajātaśatru is said to have made use of the *Mahāśīlākaṇṭaga* and *ra(t)hamusala*. The first seems to have been some engine of war of the nature of catapult which threw big stones. The second was a chariot to which a mace was attached and which, running about, effected a great execution of men.² The *ra(t)hamusala* may be compared to the tanks used in the great world wars.