The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.163

c18.163

The Indian kings relied chiefly upon their elephants, and in a lesser degree upon chariots and huge masses of infantry; the cavalry being few in comparison and inefficient. Alexander, on the contrary, made no use of elephants or chariots, and put his trust in small bodies of highly trained cavalry, handled with consummate skill and calculated audacity. In the art of war he had no successor. The Seleukidan kings were content to follow the Oriental system and put their trust in elephants.¹