Public Administration in Ancient India c18.7

c18.7

The military organisation seems to have been very efficient. The army was divided into four sections, namely, infantry, cavalry, chariots, and elephants. The relative usefulness of the different sections depended upon the seasons and the nature of the operations in which the army was engaged. Thus, according to the Mahābhārata, an army in which chariots and horsemen predominated was regarded as very effective in battle in fine weather, while one which had a large number of foot-soldiers was held as better in the rainy season.³