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

By: Trautmann, Thomas RMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2015Description: xvi, 372 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN: 9780226264226; 022626422XSubject(s): Asiatic elephant | Asiatic elephant--Ecology | Forest conservation | Kings and rulers | Elephants--War use | Animals--War useDDC classification: 954

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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	954 TRA/E (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P41217

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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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