Hindu Administrative Institutions c11.s5.12

c11.s5.12

The four-fold division of the army is a classical division accepted by all the extant texts on Hindu polity. It consisted of the cavalry, the infantry, the elephants and the chariots. The Buddhist *Jatakas* refer to this four-fold force.² The *Vessantara Jataka* furnishes details of the constitution of king Sañjaya's army.³