Essay name: Samrajya Lakshmi Pithika (Study)
Author:
Artatrana Sarangi
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages
This is a study in English of the Samrajya Lakshmi Pithika (written by Lolla Lakshmidhara) representing an encyclopedic manual for emperors. The Samrajyalaksmipithika encompasses about 3870 verses in addressing topics such as public festivals, governance, warfare (military strategy), and rituals associated with the Tantric worship for the deity Samrajya-Lakshmi.
Chapter 5 - Forts, Castrametation and the Royal Army
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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an overdose of foot-soldiers, medium horses and even
quantity of elephants, bulls, camels etc. but never with
a preponderant elephant force. Thus what we see, relates
to the fact that each of the above four constituents, are
equally important and each has its own role to perform
and glory to share.
In the above light the informations as incorporated
in SLP appear to be highly valuable inasmuch as these
embody an ancient tradition of the military genius of
India.
Thus, SLP a traditional hand-book for ancient kings
serves as a rich source-book on many topics, interesting
from the point of view of cultural history of India.
