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Elephants and kings : an environmental history / Thomas Trautmann.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.Description: xvi, 372 p. maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9788178243917
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.424 TRA 23
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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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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