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.
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Asiatic elephant Asiatic elephant--Ecology Forest conservation Kings and rulers Elephants--War use Animals--War use