War in Ancient India c17.1

c17.1

'Abd-ur-Razāk, 295 Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna, 43, 173, 243. Abhyudita, a sacrifice, 94. Acyutarāya, and Ceylon, 296. Admiralty, use of, 186-90. Agatharcids, 190. Agni Purāṇa, the, 88, 182; — details of a bow in the, 95; — description of the tomara in the, 107; — on ambassadors, 339; — on the armoury, 217; — on the battle line, 246; — on a city, 255; — on the defects of fortresses, 257; — on the making of arrows, 98; — on the march for the battle, 238, 240; — on the method of attacking an enemy, 245; — on the method of using a noose, 108-9; — on the paṭṭiśa, 114; — on sieges, 262; — on the site of the battlefield and the arrangement of the army, 244-5; — on vyūha varieties, 269, 272; — on war-elephants, 170; — recommendation of tactics in the, 274. Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, 3, 248; — description of an arrow with fire in the, 103; — description of the fashioning of the arrows by the Gods in, 94; — distinction between a charioteer and a warrior in the, 158.