[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.s1.13 # War in Ancient India c8.s1.13 War in Ancient India c8.s1.13 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.s1.13) Though the designation of senāpati continued to be used in later times, it came to be loosely applied to military officials other than the Commander-in-Chief. For example, Kauṭalya speaks of a Nāyaka as the head of ten senāpatis. Surely the term senāpati here cannot mean Commander-in-Chief. At the same time, he fixes the pay of the senāpati at 48,000 paṇas, and that of the Nāyaka at 12,000. Surely the senāpati here stands for Commander-in-Chief. The term is used largely and loosely in the Gupta and Pāla inscriptions.⁵⁶ In an - [Previous: c8.s1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.s1.12) - [Next: c8.s1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.s1.14) - [Up: c8.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.s1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.s1.13) · Pramāṇa