War in Ancient India c17.7

c17.7

— foreign relations of, 334-5; — military organisation under, 232-3 and 232n; — release of the Prisoners of war, captured by, 73. Candragupta (Gupta King), 34. Candragupta II, 218, 227. *Candraketu*, 282. Cāpa (bow), 96. Capturing of girls, a factor of war, 16-18. Cāra (spies), 157, 219, 220, 337. Carrier-pigeons, use of the, 283. Caste, implications of, 8-11. Cattle lifting, as a factor of war, 14-16. *Catuḥśatikā*, a work of Āryadeva, 62-3. Caturanga (bala), four-fold divisions of the army, 154, 157, 182. Ceylon, conquest of, by Vijaya, 138. Ceylon, diplomatic relations between, and India, 291-94; — Rāvaṇa, King of, 17. Chalcolithic period, metals in the, 129. Chalukyas, navy of the, 292-3. Chariots, 157-166. Chess, game of, and the four-fold force, 153-6. Chitore, representation of elephants at, 140-41. Chōḷas, fleet under the, 190; — no chariots in the army of the, 166; — organisation of the army of the, 195-7; — navy of the, 293-5. — sculptures, 141-2. *Cintāmaṇi*, 382. Cintatrāya temple to Viṣṇu at Tāḍpatri, 142. Cipher writing, 355 and n. Citrayuddha, same as Kūṭayuddha, 85.