How did the Indians fight?
I've been wondering how exactly the Indians fought in this period. Aside from the partial hellenization of the area and their employment of elephants, I don't really know much about the subject and hope you guys can enlighten me. I forget whether this was the Aryan period but if it is, did they differ in their military?
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Re: How did the Indians fight?
They fought like buffalos, but no, they didn't have elephants, unless they bought some from Phoenicians or Martians.
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I don't know much either, but I do know that they did use (light, I presume, the heat must make it impossible to endure long battles in heavy armour) cavalry, and that the Elephants played an important role, naturally. Also, the Indian longbowmen were famous, both numerous and skillful.
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Re: How did the Indians fight?
Read the Mahabharata ...
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Re: How did the Indians fight?
That's not a bad suggestion.Originally Posted by macsen rufus
Read the Mahabharata ...
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Re: How did the Indians fight?
Far from being a specialist in this matter, my first hint would be to look at wikipedia, especially the links there. If there are some they might direct you to more indepht knowledge databases.
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Re: How did the Indians fight?
The Aryan/Indo-Iranian-European migration period was around 4000 BCE, and they came into India around 2000 BCE. So this is much much later after the migrations.
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Re: How did the Indians fight?
What I've often wondered about is what happened to those big Assyrian-ish chariots of theirs Alexander encountered at least at Hydaspes... were those still around by the EB period, or had the warrior caste finally recognised their numerous shortcomings and delegated them to ceremonial ?
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Re: How did the Indians fight?
You could find an asnwer in the EBH vaults... AFAIK.
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Yeah, maybe if I dedicated a day to wading through them or something... and that that wouldn't really enlighten Joe Public anyway.
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True. But at 3:54 AM a frazzled mind does not always think clearly...
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Re: How did the Indians fight?
kern couldn't have pikes worked if the Indo-Greeks or Baktrians had caltrops ?
Hell does anyone have any idea what they would do to an elephants feet?
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Re: How did the Indians fight?
hah, makes you wonder how effective a warmachine could have been if it had to avoid ant-hills!
Re: How did the Indians fight?
Behold the works of the mighty Maeran!
King of Kings and Protector of the Goodly
He that crushed perfidious foes under chariot wheels
But only where there were no anthills, sand, wagon tracks, plants or other such tiny obstruction.
What kind of battlefield is flat and totally free of obstructions? Presumably the battlefield is also divided into black and white squares before the chariots can engage.
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