Elephants and kings : an environmental history /

Trautmann, Thomas R.

Elephants and kings : an environmental history / Thomas R. Trautmann. - xvi, 374 pages, illustrations, maps ; 23 cm PB

Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-364) and index.

Retreat and persistence of elephants -- Elephants and Indian kingship -- War elephants -- Structures of use: caturaga, vihana, vyha -- Elephant knowledge -- The spread of the war elephant -- North India, South India, Sri Lanka -- The Near East, North Africa, Europe -- Southeast Asia -- After the war elephant -- Drawing the balance, looking ahead.

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Elephants--War use--History.--India
Asiatic elephant--History.--India
Asiatic elephant--Ecology--History.--India
Forest conservation--History.--India


India--History, Military.
India--Kings and rulers--History.

UH100.5.E44 / T73 2015

355.424 / TRA
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