War in Ancient India c2.1

c2.1

I deem it a privilege to be given the opportunity of writing a foreword to this excellent publication, *War in Ancient India*, at the request of the author, Mr. V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar. Mr. Dikshitar’s works have attracted the notice of scholars, both in the East and the West, and some of his classics like the *Silappadikaram*, have justly won for him wide appreciation. In bringing out this monumental work on *War in Ancient India*, at this particular juncture, Mr. Dikshitar has placed historians, more particularly Indian historians, under a deep debt of gratitude.