[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.s1.2 # War in Ancient India c7.s1.2 War in Ancient India c7.s1.2 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7.s1.2) Chariots were used in warfare from very remote times. There are many references to chariots in the Samhitas and in the Brāhmaṇas. In the \*Ṛg Veda\* there is a hymn addressed to the war chariot:¹² ‘Lord of the wood, be firm and strong in body: be bearing as a brave victorious hero. Show forth thy strength, compact with straps of leather and let thy rider win all spoils of battle.’ We meet with a similar hymn in the \*Atharva Veda\*.¹³ ‘O forest tree! stout-limbed verily mayst thou become our companion, further, rich in heroics; thou art fastened together with kine; be thou stout: let him who mounts thee conquer things conquerable.' ' Forth from heaven, from earth (is its) force brought up: forth from forest trees (is its) power brought hither: to the force of the waters, brought forth hither by the kine, to Indra's thunderbolt, the chariot, do thou sacrifice with oblations.' ' Indra's forces, the Maruts' front, Mitra's embryo, Varuna's navel do thou, enjoying this oblation, giving of ours, O divine chariot, accept the oblations.' - [Previous: c7.t1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7.t1.19) - [Next: c7.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7.s1.3) - [Up: c7.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7.s1) ## Cites (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7.s1.2) · Pramāṇa