The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.80

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∗ v. 156-168. The commander-in-chief in the Epic is of course a warrior actively engaged in battle. The same title (senāpati) given in Ag. P. 220. 1 to an officer to be appointed by the king and designated as of military or of priestly caste must indicate rather a minister of war than a general. Likewise the rules Ag. P. 235. 32-33, that a king must not fight, and that one-third of the force is held as a reserve, are entirely un-Epic.