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100 1 _aTrautmann, Thomas R.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aElephants and kings :
_ban environmental history /
_cThomas R. Trautmann.
264 1 _aChicago :Ranikhet
_bThe University of Chicago Press, Permanent black
_c2015.
300 _axvi, 372 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c22 cm
500 _aRs.995/- Gratis
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 340-364) and index.
505 0 _aRetreat 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.
650 0 _aElephants
_xWar use
650 0 _aAsiatic elephant
_xEcology
650 0 _aForest conservation
_zIndia
_xHistory.
651 0 _xHistory, Military.
651 0 _xKings and rulers
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