War in Ancient India c7.s3.12

c7.s3.12

According to Megasthenes,¹⁰⁸ Candragupta's army was controlled by a body consisting of six divisions with five members each. One such division was the Commissariat. This was to co-operate with the superintendent of bullock-trains used for transporting war material, food-supplies for the soldiers, provender for the cattle, and other military requisites. Under the control of this division were servants who beat the drums or carried gongs, grooms for the horses, mechanics and their assistants, and foragers; to this list must be added physicians, astrologers, etc. mentioned in the Arthaśāstra.¹⁰⁹