TY  - BOOK
AU  - Trautmann,Thomas R.
TI  - Elephants and kings: an environmental history 
SN  - 9788178243917
U1  - 355.4 TRA 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Chicago :Ranikhet
PB  - The University of Chicago Press, Permanent black
KW  - Elephants
KW  - War use
KW  - Asiatic elephant
KW  - Ecology
KW  - Forest conservation
KW  - India
KW  - History
KW  - History, Military
KW  - Kings and rulers
N1  - Rs.995/-
Gratis; Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-364) and index; 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
ER  -