[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) › c5.s2.50 # War in Ancient India c5.s2.50 War in Ancient India c5.s2.50 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.50) After this it was the custom of the Purohita to arm the king with a breastplate in the course of which he recited the hymns found in the \*Atharvaveda\* (Bk. XIX, 20) invoking protection to him by the various gods. - [Previous: c5.s2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.49) - [Next: c5.s2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.51) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.19.20) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.50) · Pramāṇa