[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) › c7.3 # War in Ancient India c7.3 War in Ancient India c7.3 - **Language:** English ### [c7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7.3) REGULAR and proper organisation are the life and soul of an army. It was this great lesson that Prussia taught to an astonished Europe. I advisedly use the words ‘regular and proper’. A regular army means a class of fighting men devoted to the service of the State, like the ancient Spartans who realised long ago what Bacon wrote centuries later: ‘Walled towns, stored arsenals, and armouries, goodly races of horses, all this is but a sheep in a lion’s skin except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.’ A proper army means that it must be efficient. There should be no waste, no inefficiency. With these preliminary remarks let us proceed to examine the ancient Indian army organisation. - [Previous: c7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7.2) - [Next: c7.t1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7.t1.1) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7.3) · Pramāṇa