State and Government in Ancient India c22.s4.t5.5
State and Government in Ancient India c22.s4.t5.5
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c22.s4.t5.5
The war chariot was drawn by four horses and carried six men. Two of these controlled the horses, two carried shields and two discharged arrows, usually standing on either side of the chariot (Curtius, VII. 14). The cavalry usually faught with lances; each horseman carried two lances and one bucler.
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- Historiae Alexandri Magni — Q. Curtius Rufus, Latin