[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.s2.89 # War in Ancient India c5.s2.89 War in Ancient India c5.s2.89 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.89) 19. It is further prohibited to fight those who do not offer to fight, who hide themselves in fear or who go to the field as spectators.⁹³ The great war at Kurukṣetra affords ample proof that spectators were admitted into the battle-field during the scene of action, and they were not injured or otherwise harmed. - [Previous: c5.s2.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.88) - [Next: c5.s2.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.90) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.89) · Pramāṇa