[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) › c15.8 # War in Ancient India c15.8 War in Ancient India c15.8 - **Language:** English ### [c15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c15.8) If we pass on to the Epic period we find different varieties of musical instruments. E. W. Hopkins who has made some study of these instruments⁵ seems to think that \*bherī\* may not be cymbals. \*Bherī\* is certainly a special sort of drum. There was also a \*mahābherī\*. The old \*dundubhi\* was there and it was often accompanied by the \*bherī\*. The \*bherī\* was sounded by beating, and the beating of the \*bherī\* was a call to arms.⁶ Other varieties of the drum mentioned in the epic are \*paṇava\*, \*krakaca\*, \*ānaka\* (beaten at one end), \*mahānaka\*, \*Peśī\* (\*kāhalā\*), \*puṣkara\* and \*paṭaha\*. There is a doubt whether \*krakaca\* said to be \*jayamangala\* by the commentator can come under the category of drums.⁷ - [Previous: c15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c15.7) - [Next: c15.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c15.9) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c15.8) · Pramāṇa