[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) › c14.43 # War in Ancient India c14.43 War in Ancient India c14.43 - **Language:** English ### [c14.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14.43) When we come to the Chālukyas we find the device on their crest the \*varāha\* or boar. Their flag was known as \*pāḷidhvaja\*. Vinayāditya Satyāśraya won this decoration of \*pāḷidhvaja\* after vanquishing a northern king and subduing the Ceylon contemporary to the rank of a tributary ruler.²¹ What the \*pāḷidhvaja\* means is still a mystery. The explanation offered by J. F. Fleet as the banner of the sword-edge²² does not appear to be satisfactory. - [Previous: c14.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14.42) - [Next: c14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14.44) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c14.43) · Pramāṇa