[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947) › c8.s2.1 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c8.s2.1 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c8.s2.1 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c8.s2.1) The art of warfare together with its various tactics, stratagems and practices, was well known in those days. The \*Uttarādhyayana cūrṇi\* mentions vehicles, chariots, horses, elephants, foot-soldiers, shields (\*āvaraṇa\*), weapons, tact (\*kusalatta\*), diplomacy, competency, perseverance, good physique and health as necessary for carrying on a war.⁴⁶ Camps (\*khaṇḍhāvāraṇivesa\*) were an important conjunct of warfare.⁴⁷ - [Previous: c8.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c8.s1.1) - [Next: c8.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c8.s2.2) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c8.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c8.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c8.s2.1) · Pramāṇa