Elephants and kings : an environmental history / Thomas R. Trautmann.

  • Trautmann, Thomas R.
Date:
2015
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Publication/Creation

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.

Physical description

xvi, 372 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-364) and index.

Contents

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.

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  • 9780226264226
  • 022626422X
  • 9780226264363
  • 022626436X
  • 022626453X
  • 9780226264530