[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s9.89 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.89 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.89 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s9.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.89) Cities were besieged and invested (upa-sad, pra-bhid),¹² probably as a rule by blockade, since the ineffective means of assault of the time would have rendered storming difficult and expensive. Hillebrandt¹³ thinks that the pur cariṣṇu of the Rigveda¹⁴ was a kind of chariot; it may—like the Trojan horse—have been an Indian anticipation of the Roman means of assaulting a town. - [Previous: v2.c4.s9.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.88) - [Next: v2.c4.s9.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.90) - [Up: v2.c4.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.89) · Pramāṇa