War in Ancient India c5.s5.29

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¹⁴⁸ Bk. XIII, 4. It may be noted in passing that there are a number of hymns addressed to Agni in the Atharva Veda evidently to conquer the hostile army with fire. (Bk. II. 19; XI. 10. 18-19). But it was condemned as irreligious down the ages (see for instance *Pudukottai State Inscriptions*, 744).