[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) › c14.36 # War in Ancient India c14.36 War in Ancient India c14.36 - **Language:** English ### [c14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14.36) Barring some of the seals which have the lion emblem, the Pallava cognisance was the bull, as testified to us by epigraphy and literature. In the inscriptions the Pallava king Rājasimha has the significant attributes Śrī Vṛṣabhadarpa and Ṛṣabha lāñcana. Parameśvaravarman I is styled as Vṛṣāṅka and Nandivarman Śākavaraketana. Of all the evidences the last is important for our purpose. Śākavaraketana is one who shines by his bull standard. This proves that the device for the seal and the flag was common also to the - [Previous: c14.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14.35) - [Next: c14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14.37) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14.36) · Pramāṇa