[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) › c16 # War in Ancient India c16: Books Consulted: 1. Original Sources War in Ancient India c16 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [c16.s1 Tamil Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c16.s1) — 2 parts - [c16.s2 2. Journals and Commemoration Volumes](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c16.s2) — 2 parts - [c16.s3 3. Modern Works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c16.s3) — 5 parts ### Books Consulted: 1. Original Sources ### [c16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c16.1) Agni Purāṇa (Ānandāśrama series). Aitareya Brāhmaṇa (Asiatic Society of Bengal). Amarakośa. Āpastamba Dharmasūtra (Bombay Sans. Series). Arthaśāstra of Kauṭalya (Trivandrum San. Series). Āśvalāyana Gṛhya Sūtra. Atharva Veda Saṃhitā. Do. Translation by W. D. Whitney (Harvard Series). ### [c16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c16.2) Auśanasa Dhanurveda. Bārhaspatya Arthaśāstra ed. F. W. Thomas. Bhāgavata Purāṇa (Kumbakonam ed.). Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa (Bombay). Bṛhaspati Saṃhitā (S. B. E.). Baudhāyana Dharma Sūtra (Mysore Oriental Series). Catuḥ-Śatikā of Āryadeva. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum III: Gupta Inscriptions. Daśakumāracarita. Devicandragupta. Devi Bhāgavata. Gautama Smṛti (S.B.E.). Harihara Caturaṅga. Harivaṃśa. Harṣacarita (ed.—Cowell and Thomas). Hastyāyurveda. Index to the Mahābhārata: Sorenson. ### [c16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c16.3) Inscriptions of Aśoka ed. Hultzsch. The Jātakas ed. by E. B. Cowell. Kāmandakanītisāra (Trivandrum San. Series). Khazaiun-’l Futuh of Amir Khusrau ed. by Prof. M. Habib. Kodaṇḍamaṇḍana. Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa (translation by A. B. Keith). Laghvarhannītisāra of Hemacandra. Lakṣaṇaprakāśa. Laukikanyāya Saṅgraha (Pandit Series). Mahābhārata (Kumbakonam ed.). Mahāvaṃśa. Mānavadharmaśāstra (Bombay). Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa. Matsya Purāṇa (Ānandāśrama Series). Mataṅgalilā (Trivandrum San. Series). Do. translation by Edgerton. Mānasollāsa of Someśvara. Mudrārākṣasa (Bombay). Nītiprakāśika of Vaiśampāyana. Nītivākyāmṛta of Somadeva (Kāvyamālā Series). Naiṣadha. Padma Purāṇa. Periplus—ed. by Schoff. Pratijñāyaugandharāyaṇa of Bhāsa (Trivandrum Series). Pudukottai State Inscriptions. Raghuvaṃśa of Kālidāsa. Rājatarangiṇī of Kalhaṇa (Bombay San. Series). Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki (Kumbakonam ed.). Raṇadīpikā—(Trivandrum San. Series). Ṛgveda Saṃhitā. ### [c16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c16.4) Śakuntala of Kālidāsa. Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa (S.B.E.). Śārṅgadhara paddhati ed. Peterson. Śiśupālavadha of Magha. Śivatatvaratnākara (Madras). Śivavyāsadhanurveda. Śukranītisāra ed. by Oppert. Śūlapāṇi-Caturaṅga dīpika. Samarāṅgaṇa sūtradhāra of Bhoja (Gaekwad San. Series). Skanda Purāṇa. South Indian Inscriptions. Taittirīya Saṃhitā (Ānandāśrama Series). Uttararāma Carita. Vājasaneyī Saṃhitā (Bombay). Vāmana Purāṇa. Varāha Purāṇa. Vāyu Purāṇa (Ānandāśrama Series). Vāsiṣṭha Dhanurveda. Vāsiṣṭha Saṃhitā (S.B.E.). Vedic Index (Macdonell and Keith). Viṣṇudharmottara Purāṇa. Viṣṇu Smṛti (S.B.E.). Vikramaurvaśīya. Vaiśampāyana nīti ed. by Oppert. Yājñavalkya Smṛti (Bombay). Yogayātra of Varāhamihira. Yajurveda Saṃhitā. Yuktikalpataru of Bhoja (Cal. Oriental Series). ### Tamil Sources ### [c16.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c16.s1.1) Kalingattupparaṇi ed. by Kaṇṇaiya Naidu (1941). ### [c16.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c16.s1.2) Maṇimekalai ed. Dr. V. Swaminatha Ayyar. Nandikkalambakam. Padiṟṟuppattu ed. Dr. V. Swaminatha Ayyar. Pattuppāṭṭu ” Puraṇānūṟu ” Śilappadikāram ” Do. trn. by V. R. R. Dikshitar (O.U.P.). Tirukkural. Tolkāppiyam. Villiputtūrār Bhāratam. ### 2. Journals and Commemoration Volumes ### [c16.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c16.s2.1) Aryan Path, Bombay. Annals of Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. Bhandarkar Commemoration Volume. Bulletin de l' Ecole Française d'Extreme-orient. Epigraphia Carnatica. Epigraphia Indica. Indian Culture, Calcutta. Indian Antiquary. Indian Historical Quarterly, Calcutta. Indian Art and Letters. Journal of Indian History, Madras. Journal of Indian Art. Journal of Department of Letters, Calcutta. Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, London. Journal of the Bombay University. Journal of the Madras University. Journal of the American Oriental Society. P. V. Kane Commemoration Volume. Kalaimagal, Madras. Modern Review, Calcutta. ### [c16.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c16.s2.2) Memoirs of Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta. Man in India. New Review, Calcutta. K. B. Pathak Commemoration Volume. Sir C. R. Reddi Commemoration Volume. Sen Tamil, Madura. Woolner Commemoration Volume. ### 3. Modern Works ### [c16.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c16.s3.1) Aiyangar, S. Krishnaswami—(1) Sources of Vijayanagar History and (2) Contributions of South India to Indian Culture. Aiyangar, K. V. Rangaswami—(1) Some Aspects of Ancient Indian Polity and (2) Rājadharma. Aiyangar, P. T. Srinivasa—History of the Tamils. Aiyangar, M. Raghava—Peruntogai. Abbe Dubois—Hindu manners, customs and ceremonies. Alberuni’s India. Ajanta Frescoes—India Society. Ancient Khotan—M. Aurel Stein. Bhandarkar, D. R.—Some Aspects of Ancient Indian Culture (1940). Bannerji, P. N.—Public Administration in Ancient India. Beal—Life of Hiuen Tsang. Birdwood, Sir George—Industrial Arts of India. Brooke, Stopford A.—A Discourse on War. Broughton—Letters from a Maratha Camp. Burns, C. D.—War. Beni Prasad—The State in Ancient India. Cunningham, A.—(1) Coins of Ancient India. (2) The Bhilsa Topes. Cambridge History of India, Volume I. ### [c16.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c16.s3.2) Clausewitz—The Art of War. Clarke—Medieval and Military Architecture. Chronicles of Froissart (Macmillan). Chakravarti, P. C.—The Art of War in Ancient India (Dacca University). W. Church—Marlborough. Coomaraswami, A. K.—Viśvakarma. Dikshitar, V. R. R.—Hindu Administrative Institutions. Do. The Mauryan Polity. Do. Studies in Tamil Literature and History. Do. Some Aspects of Vāyu Purāṇa. Date, G. T.—The Art of War in Ancient India (O.U.P.). Dharma, P. C.—The Rāmāyaṇa Polity. Elliot and Dowson—History of India. Edgerton—Pancatantra Reconstructed. Do. Indian and Oriental Armour. Glover, Edward—War, Sadism and Pacifism (Allen & Unwin). Farnell, L. R.—The Higher Aspects of Greek Religion. Golikere—Through Wonderlands of the Universe. Giles, L.—The Art of War. Ghose, N.—Indian Literature and Culture Origins. Gopinatha Rao—Hindu Iconography. Gopalan, R.—History of the Pallavas of Kanchi. Gopal, M. H.—Mauryan Public Finance. Ghoshal, U. N.—Hindu Political Theories. Griffith—Specimens of Indian Poetry. Hall—The Ancient History of the Near East. Hildebrandt—Airships, Past and Present. How to prevent War—(Victor Gollancz, Ltd., London). Hopkins, E. W.—Ethics of India. ### [c16.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c16.s3.3) Havell, E. B.—Indian Sculpture and Painting. Hunter—Orissa. Henry—Napoleon’s War maxims. Henderson—Science of War. Indian Architecture (Oxford Press). Irvine, W.—The Army of the Indian Moghuls. James, W.—The Variety of Religious Experience (Longmans 1908). Jayaswal, K. P.—Hindu Polity. Do. Imperial History of India. Do. A History of India. Jevons, F. B.—An Introduction to the History of Religion (6th ed.). Krom N. T. and T. Van Erp—Borobudur. Ludwig Bachhofer—Early Indian Sculpture. Lassen—Indische Altertumskunde. Law, N. N.—Interstate relations in Ancient India. Law, B. C.—A History of Pali Literature. Malory—Morte d’ Arthur. Mookerjee, R. K.—A History of Indian Shipping. Monahan, F. J.—The Early History of Bengal (Oxford). Murray, H. J. R.—A History of Chess. McCrindle—Invasion of Alexander. Do. Fragments of Arrian and Megasthenes. Mahalingam, T. V.—Society and Administration under Vijayanagar. Morgan—Ancient Society. Macdougall, W.—An Introduction to Social Philosophy (15th ed.). Macdougall—Modern Warfare. Macdonell, A. F.—Vedic Mythology. ### [c16.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c16.s3.4) Nag, Kalidas—Les Theories Diplomatiques de le Inde Ancienne. Nilakanta Sastri, K. A.—The Colas. Oppert, G.—On the Weapons etc. of the Hindus. Oman, Charles—A History of the Art of War in Middle Ages. Perris, G. H.—The War Traders (Chancery Lane Press). Parker—Ceylon. Plato—Laws. Parmentier, A.—Album Historique. Ronaldshay—A Bird's-eye View of India. Robertson—Disquisition. Rapson—A Catalogue of Indian Coins. Risley—Ethnographical Glossary. Rice, Lewis—Mysore Gazetteer. Sarkar, Sir Jadunath—Sivaji. Saletore, B. A.—Social and Political life in Vijayanagar Empire. Sewell, Robert—A Forgotten Empire. Smith, V. A.—A History of Fine Arts in India and Ceylon. Smith, V. A.—An Oxford History of India. Senart—Caste in India. Siddhanta, N. K.—The Heroic Age of India (Longmans 1929). Sen, S. N.—The Military system of the Marathas. Tutorial History of Greece. Tylor—Anthropology. Urwick, E. J.—A Philosophy of Social Progress (Methuen, London) (1912). Varthema—Itinerary (Hakluyt Society). ### [c16.s3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c16.s3.5) Vincent, W.—The Commerce and Navigation of the Ancients. Visvanatha, S. V.—International Law in Ancient India. Watters—Yuan Chwang. Warmington—A History of Ancient Geography. Wheaton—Elements of International Law. Winternitz, M.—A History of Indian Literature. Woodworth, R. S.—Psychology (1930). Wells, H. 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