The Mauryan Polity c9.s4.9
The Mauryan Polity c9.s4.9
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c9.s4.9
The equipment of the chariot of Poros can be taken as the standard in vogue in the Mauryan epoch. Each chariot was "drawn by four horses and carried six men, of whom two were shield-bearers, two archers posted on each side of the chariot and the other two charioteers as well as men-at-arms, for, when the fighting was at close quarters they dropped the reins and hurled dart after dart against the enemy."³ Three archers besides the mahout or driver rode an elephant.⁴