[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.s2.86 # War in Ancient India c5.s2.86 War in Ancient India c5.s2.86 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.86) 16. In case of an insufficient supply of numbers in a particular division or divisions of the army, substitutes may be used. An elephant may be opposed by five horses, or fifteen men and four horses; one horseman may be opposed by three footmen and three horsemen by one elephant rider.⁹⁰ - [Previous: c5.s2.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.85) - [Next: c5.s2.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.87) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.86) · Pramāṇa