He then turned south, taking over much of what is now Central India. He then defeated the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire under Seleucus I Nicator to conquer the regions to the west of the Indus River. Chandragupta conquered much of Indian subcontinent, establishing an empire from the Arabian Sea to the Bay of Bengal. Īccording to Megasthenes, who served as an ambassador from the Seleucid Empire, Chandragupta Maurya built an army consisting of 30,000 cavalry, 9,000 war elephants, and 600,000 infantry. The earliest known application of war elephants dates to this period the animals are mentioned in several Vedic Sanskrit hymns. 1100–500 BC) contain the earliest written references to armies in India. The Vedas and other associated texts dating to the post-Rigvedic ( Iron Age) Vedic period (ca. The earliest of such battles is noted in Rigveda as the Battle of the Ten Kings. The warriors belonged to the Kshatriya varna. The main share from the booty obtained during cattle raids and battles went to the chief of the tribe. They used bronze weapons and horse-drawn spoke-wheeled chariots described prominently in the Rigveda. The Rigvedic tribes of Indo-Aryans were led by their kings ( raja) and engaged in wars with each other and other tribes.
Ī Manuscript illustration of the Battle of KurukshetraĪn excavation at Sinauli's necropolis has yielded copper swords, helmets and chariots, dating from 2000 to 1800 BC, which suggests the presence of a warrior Indo-Aryan people who followed Vedic religion in the region during the Copper-Bronze Age (2000 BC–1200 BC). Another copper seal from Mohenjo Daro shows a horned hunter holding a composite bow. Īn Indus seal depicting a soldier firing a composite bow was unearthed in Shortugai, Afghanistan, which indicates that Indus people were already familiar with it long before they were depicted in ancient Indian reliefs.
Sites such as Desalpar, Dholavira's have yielded massive stone fortifications and the acropolis is extensively fortified with tall standing walls and furnished with ramparts and gateways. Sites such as Mohenjo Daro and Dholavira exhibit some outstanding examples of Bronze Age Indian fortifications with their thick tall walls, with the walls made of burned bricks at some places solid mud-brick embankment have been discovered which run for twenty five feet (7.5 meters) without reaching the bottom. These forts also feature square and round bastion and contain a citadel constructed at an elevated height.
Banawali is among the earliest sites in the world where moats have been discovered. Fortified towns have been excavated from Indus Valley civilisation with thick and tall walls.
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