[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) › c6.s5.4 # War in Ancient India c6.s5.4 War in Ancient India c6.s5.4 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.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 - [Previous: c6.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s5.3) - [Next: c6.s5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s5.5) - [Up: c6.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s5.4) · Pramāṇa