War in Ancient India c6.43

c6.43

28 The recent finds at Mohenjodaro and Harappa reveal a number of weapons of war in use in the Chalcolithic period. These are bows and arrows, axes, spears, daggers, maces, slings, and catapults. The sword is however conspicuous by its absence. Confining our attention for the present to the bow and arrow, and judging from a specimen of an arrow head made of copper and from the absence of stone arrow heads, we have to infer that these weapons were sparingly used.