War in Ancient India c11.17
War in Ancient India c11.17
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c11.17
According to a hymn in the *Atharva Veda Samhitā*,¹¹ Varuṇa had a number of spies who were thousand-eyed and who went forth hither and thither. This hymn, read along with other hymns in that Veda praying that the King may be invested with victory in battle, shows the diplomatic practices then in vogue. The *Atharva Veda* recommends the conquest of enemies more by artifice and stratagem and by spells and incantations.