[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) › c8.57 # War in Ancient India c8.57 War in Ancient India c8.57 - **Language:** English ### [c8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.57) In dealing with the military organization in ancient India, mention must be made of the arsenal (\*āyudhāgāra\*). The Kauṭalīya has a chapter on this.³⁴ There was a special superintendent over this department, which also went by the name of \*Śastraśālā\*. According to the \*Viṣṇudharmottara Purāṇa\*, whose date of composition is not yet established, the superintendent was known as \*Śastraśālādhyakṣa\* or merely \*Śastrādhyakṣa\*. He should be loyal, vigilant, and able in the discharge of his duties. His chief ability consisted in discriminating the five kinds of weapons.³⁵ The chief business tran- - [Previous: c8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.56) - [Next: c8.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.58) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8) ## Linked texts (2) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.visnudharmottara) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.57) · Pramāṇa