History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c41.s25.4
History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c41.s25.4
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v3.c41.s25.4
The army on the battlefield was usually led by the king who always was in the van, riding an elephant. We have described, as far as we could, the fights between the Hindus and the Mahomedans who used the same weapons but different tactics. Both Hindu and Mahomedan armies, however, gave way when the king who led them was killed or lost sight of. As explained in Vol. II. (p. 246) the cause of this behavicur was the absence of the feeling of self-interest in the Hindu or Mahomedan soldiers. They fought for the king and master and not for the nation.