War in Ancient India c7.s3.8

c7.s3.8

In another chapter of the same parvan,¹⁰⁶ in the course of a description of Duryodhana’s army, we are told that it went forth furnished with all the requirements of a large army. Some of these were materials for repair of chariots, tiger skins to cover the chariots, spare spear-blades and sticks, spare quivers, diverse suites of ropes, oil, molasses and sand, pots of poisonous snakes, inflammable articles, syringes, water, skins of leopards, oil-cloths, clarified butter and other weapons of war.¹⁰⁷