[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) › c9.s2.15 # War in Ancient India c9.s2.15 War in Ancient India c9.s2.15 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c9.s2.15) to recognise friend from foe.³⁰ Two things are clear. One is that there was no national flag as we have to-day, and secondly that these standards and flags were the rallying points of the belligerents in the battle. Strategy, then, is the science, as distinguished from the art, of war. - [Previous: c9.s2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c9.s2.14) - [Next: c9.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c9.s3.1) - [Up: c9.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c9.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c9.s2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c9.s2.15) · Pramāṇa