[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.s2.10 # War in Ancient India c7.s2.10 War in Ancient India c7.s2.10 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7.s2.10) Another mode of equipping for war is also mentioned. Instead of bows some foot-soldiers were armed with javelins. But all wore swords with broad blades and less than three cubits in length. These were wielded with both hands in close fight to effect a mighty blow.⁹⁹ As if to demonstrate the superiority of disciplined infantry, the \*Agnipurāṇa\* says that victory ever attends the army where foot-soldiers are numerically strong.¹⁰⁰ - [Previous: c7.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7.s2.9) - [Next: c7.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7.s2.11) - [Up: c7.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7.s2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c7.s2.10) · Pramāṇa