[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) › c17.7 # War in Ancient India c17.7 War in Ancient India c17.7 - **Language:** English ### [c17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.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. - [Previous: c17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.6) - [Next: c17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.8) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.7) · Pramāṇa