[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) › c8.51 # War in Ancient India c8.51 War in Ancient India c8.51 - **Language:** English ### [c8.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.51) One item of expenditure on the military side was war relief to the relatives of deceased soldiers and their dependents. An undated \*viragal\* belonging to the 9th century in the Durga temple at Hosaholalu near Bayakura records the giving of such relief to the relatives of dead soldiers.²⁹ In the Kanarese inscriptions, again, the term \*kalnaṭṭu\* (also \*kalnāḍ\*) stands for some such war relief.³⁰ We meet with a significant term in the Vijayanagar inscriptions, \*Raktakoḍage\*, which proves that war relief generally took the form of assignment of lands by the State to the family of soldiers who died in the service of the king. - [Previous: c8.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.50) - [Next: c8.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.52) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8) ## Linked texts (2) - [Epigraphia Carnatica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ec) - [South Indian Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.sii) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.51) · Pramāṇa