Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c13.s2.46

c13.s2.46

Riders. According to Megasthenes [Frag. XXXV], the war elephant, "either in what is called the tower, or on his bare back, in sooth, carries three fighting men of whom two shoot from the side while one shoots from behind. There is also a fourth man who carries in his hand the goad wherewith he guides the animal much in the same way as the pilot and captain of a ship direct its course with the helm."