War in Ancient India c6.s5.4

c6.s5.4

The four important varieties of armour, all of iron according to the commentator of the *Arthaśāstra*, were in the first place a coat of mail to cover the body from head to foot including the two hands, secondly a coat of mail of two separate plates covering the head, hump, and arms respectively, and thirdly, a kind of armour to be worn as a loin-cloth.¹¹⁶