[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) › c17.54 # War in Ancient India c17.54 War in Ancient India c17.54 - **Language:** English ### [c17.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.54) — on the creation of the admiralty department, 186; — on the Mauryan military organisation, 232n. Ṣoḍaśāyudhastotra, a work of Vedānta Deśika, 147n. Ṣoḷakulavalli Paṭṭinam, (Nagapatam), 295. Solomon, 290. Somadeva, author of the Nītivākyāmṛta, 80. South India, trade and culture contacts of, with foreign countries, 290ff. Śrīdaṇḍanāthā, a military officer of Lalitā, 227. Śrīmantrināthā, a military officer of Lalitā, 227. Śrī Māra, Pāṇḍyan King, 292. Śrī Vijaya, and the Cholas, 385; — King of, and Kulottunga I, 295; Strabo, 131. Strategic considerations, 237-41. Strategy and tactics in War, 235-71. Subhadra, 128. Succession to the throne, question of the, 51-52. Śūdras, and the army, 193. Śukra, a political thinker, 61, 155, 204, 269; — conception of a State, 212; — on Asura Yuddha, 89; — on the disposal of the wealth seized in war, 78; — on a handsome pay to the soldiers, 210-11; — on Kūṭayuddha, 88; — views of, on maṇḍala, 308-9; — on the nālikas, 107-8: — on the pināka, 113: — on the qualifications of a Senāpati, 223; — on the strategical position of the army, 244; - [Previous: c17.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.53) - [Next: c17.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.55) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.54) · Pramāṇa