Hindu Administrative Institutions c11.s5.24

c11.s5.24

The unit of the army however was a *patti* which constituted one chariot, one elephant, three horses, and five footmen. Three *pattis* formed a *śenāmukha*, three *śenāmukhas* one *gulma*, three *gulmas* a *gaṇa*, three *gaṇas* one *vāhini*, three *vāhinis* one *pṛtana* three *pṛtanas* a *chamu*, three *chamus* formed one *anīkini*, and ten *anīkinis* formed one *akṣauhiṇi*. Thus an *akṣauhiṇi*³ consisted of 21,870 chariots, 21,870 elephants, 65,610 horsemen, 109,350 foot-soldiers. We are told that in the battle of Kurukṣetra as much as eleven *akṣauhiṇis* on the Kaurava side and seven *akṣauhiṇis* on the Pāṇḍava side fought with one another. That the units of the army corps