War in Ancient India c7.s1.t4.23

c7.s1.t4.23

‘His elephant, waxing furious though not yet wounded, kept changing the ranks of the enemy until the driver, perceiving the king’s condition, turned the beast round and fled... The Indian driver thinking the king wished to alight, made the elephant kneel down in the usual manner... Alexander, supposing that he was dead, ordered his body to be stripped—when the elephant turned upon them in defence