[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [War in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944) › c14.13 # War in Ancient India c14.13 War in Ancient India c14.13 - **Language:** English ### [c14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14.13) | The name of the hero. | The Flag. | | Arjuna | The Kapidhvaja or the flag with the figure of Hanumān (monkey) with monkey's face and a long tail, creating terror in the rank and file of the enemy (Cf. Ch. 85.4). | | Aśvatthāma | Simhalāṅgūlam or the flag with the figure of the tail of a lion, radiating, golden in colour, and affording delight to the Kurus. | | Karṇa | Hastikakṣaya—golden, and adorned with festoons and garlands flying aloft in the air. | | Kṛpa | Gōvṛṣa—a representation of the bull. This is the device also of Śiva. | | Vṛṣasēna | Mayūra—the device of a peacock. This is also the emblem of god Subrahmaṇya. | | Śalya, king of Madras. | Sītadhvaja, auspicious and radiant. | | Jayadratha or Sindhurāja. | Varāha or the boar emblem, white in colour. In the chariot adorned with this silvery flag, Jayadratha shone like Pūṣan of old in the Devāsura wars. | | Bhūriśravas, the son of Sōmadatta. | The Yūpa flag—shone like the sun with the moon therein. It looked just like the yūpa in the Rājasūya sacrifice. | - [Previous: c14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14.12) - [Next: c14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14.14) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14.13) · Pramāṇa