War in Ancient India c10.64

c10.64

Further, it is said that Śūra Asura hid himself in the sea afraid of Subrahmanya, the god of war. The latter met and vanquished him.⁴⁰ Again, the Kālakeya Asuras secreted themselves under the sea during day time after killing the Brahmanas during the night.⁴¹ If these instances are not due to the flight of the imagination of the Purāṇa writer and if any modern construction could be put upon them, they point to the use of submarines or of ships on the high sea in which they took shelter. It is open to future research to settle the question one way or the other.