[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) › c17.12 # War in Ancient India c17.12 War in Ancient India c17.12 - **Language:** English ### [c17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.12) Infantry, a unit of the army, 179-182. Intelligence Department, 219-20. Iron, use of, 129. Jaina literature, on war ethics, 79-80. Jamadagni, father of Paraśurāma, death of, 29. Jarāsandha, 204, 205. Jaṭāyu, 280. \*Jayacintāmaṇi\*, 364. Jayadeva, author of the Aśvāyurveda, 177. Jayadratha, 128. Jealousy, as a background of war, 30-31. Jerusalem, 12. \*Jivakacintāmaṇi\*, reference to flying machines in the, 282. Jivita Gupta II, fleet of, 289. John of Montecorvino on the Indian ships, 297-8. Kākatiyas of Warangal fleet of the, 190; — Moṭupalle, the chief port of the 295. Kākusthavarman, a Kadamba King, 320. Kakṣīvān, birth of, 53. Kālidāsa, 262, 310, 359, 383; — knowledge of, of the bow, 96-7; —on the use of the śakti, 106; — on weapons of war, 98. Kalinga, conquest of, by Aśoka, 28, 82, 89; — expedition of Karuṇākara Toṇḍaimān against, 90; Kāmandaka, 61, 323, 330; —on the consultation of wise men by a King, 204; — on five kinds of fortresses, 252; — on the limbs of a vyūha, 269; — on the nālika, 108. \*Kāmandakanīti(sāra)\* see Kāmandakiya. - [Previous: c17.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.11) - [Next: c17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.13) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.12) · Pramāṇa