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

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.

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

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.