Elephants and kings : an environmental history /

Because of their enormous size, elephants have been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. In the early civilisations - Egypt, Assyria and Mesopotamia, the Indus Civilisation, China - kings have used elephants in royal sacrifice, spectacular hunts, public display of live captives, and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Trautmann, Thomas R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Temas:
Elephants > War use > India > History.
Asiatic elephant > India > History.
Asiatic elephant > Ecology > India > History.
Forest conservation > India > History.
Éléphants > Utilisation militaire > Inde > Histoire.
Éléphant d'Asie > Inde > Histoire.
Éléphant d'Asie > Écologie > Inde > Histoire.
Forêts > Conservation > Inde > Histoire.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Asiatic elephant.
Asiatic elephant > Ecology.
Elephants > War use.
Forest conservation.
Kings and rulers.
Asiatischer Elefant
Kriegführung
India > History, Military.
India > Kings and rulers > History.
India.
Indien
History.
Military history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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