Chapter 5 - Forts, Castrametation and the Royal Army

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Conclusion
The description of the quadripartite Royal Army as
we have dealt in this Chapter consists of the foot-soldiers,
the charioted-warriors, soldiers who fight from the
elephants and those others from the horses. Regarding their
individual and relative importance, lot of material is found
in ancient texts proclaiming their inalineability from the
war-apparatus. HAV.,1.223 proclaims the superiority of
elephants in war, " raiñan hi vijavo nitvam vārane su
120 pratisthitaḥ"
and says that elephants weigh heavily in
confering victory to the
contenders. Elsewhere, we find
its
that infantry is hailed as 'queen of the battle' and is
121 preponderance is highly praised. The AS. (p.4, verses.25ff).
praises a horse for its speed power to organise, separate etc.
122 in the war-field.
And in a similar way is glorified the
role of a chariot as we have seen in SLP 131. In N however,
we come across description of an ideal army as consisting of
120. Also, Cf. WIAI, p.170
121. A.P. Chapter 228, Sena padati bahuta satrun javati
sarvada. Also, Cf. NP, 6.66-67.
122. Ksanadekatvamavanti, ksanat yanti sahasradha etc.