War in Ancient India c7.s1.t4.45

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As in the north, elephants formed an important army division of south Indian monarchs. It is said that the Cera king Senguṭṭuvan had a valuable force of elephants on whom he relied in great measure for his victories. It was on an elephant that he rode to the Ganges on whose banks he fought the northern Aryan monarchs.⁶⁹ That south India was particularly strong in the elephant corps of her army organisation can be seen from the great anxiety displayed by Malik Kafur to take all the animals he could get to his master at Delhi who set a high value on their possession. This was in the 14th century.⁷⁰