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Elephants and kings: an environmental history/

Trautmann, Thomas R.

Elephants and kings: an environmental history/ Thomas R. Trautmann - Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2015. - xvi, 372 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm

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.

ISBN: 9780226264226 022626422X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Asiatic elephant
Asiatic elephant--Ecology
Forest conservation
Kings and rulers
Elephants--War use
Animals--War use

Dewey Class. No.: 954 / TRA/E

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