Quote Originally Posted by Kralizec
Slightly off topic: did the Indians (Mauryan empire and earlier) use horses? I know they used chariots and elephants but I never heard or read about Indian cavalry. Why not? They had neighbours that employed cavalry...
They certainly used cavalry and reasonably substantial amounts of it. Old Indian military manuals always speak of the four parts of an army: elephants, infantry, chariots and cavalry. Porus at the Hydaspes/Jhelum had 4.000 cavalry and they put up a tough fight. There was also a 1.000 strong contingent of Indian cavalry among the very diverse Persian army a Gaugamela, etc...