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Elephants and kings : an environmental history / Thomas R. Trautmann.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015Description: xvi, 374 pages, illustrations, maps ; 23 cm PBContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9788178245355
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.424 TRA
LOC classification:
  • UH100.5.E44 T73 2015
Contents:
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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Book Book Ranganathan Library 355.424TRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 046690

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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