War in Ancient India c17.9

c17.9

War Council, 201-6; war finance, 206-14; the arsenal, 214-17; Foreign Department, 217-19; Intelligence Department, 219-20; Army officers, 220-33. Deśika, elders or advisers, 157. Devānāmpriya, a title of Aśoka, 82. Deva Rāya II, levy of tribute by, of Ceylon, 295-6. Pegu, Tenasserim, etc. Dhanurveda, 44; — attributed to Viśvāmitra, 122; — classification by, of the weapons of offence and defence, 93. Dhanus, (bow), 93 ff. Dharmāditya, grant of, 286. Dharma vijaya, 58, 235; — character of, 81 ff. Dharma yuddha, 59, 71, 81, 235. Dhṛṣṭadyumna, 226. Dhṛtarāṣṭra, King, 30, 53, 302, 303; Dīghanikāya, 332-3. Diplomacy and war, the six-fold policy, 312-24; —, history of, 299-312; — instruments of, 62; — international relations, 334; — seven expedients of, 324-34. Diplomatic agents, 337-66. Divodāsa, a king, 78. Draupadī, marriage of, with the Pāṇḍava brothers, 51. Dravidians, earlier advancement of political institutions among the, 3. Droṇamukha, a Rākṣasa, 280. Drupada, father of Draupadī, 51; — embassy of, to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, 348. Durgā, war Goddess, 146, 148-9; — war of, with Śumbha, 281, 347. Durmukha, a Rākṣasa, 286.