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082 0 0 _a954
_bTRA/E
100 1 _aTrautmann, Thomas R.
245 1 0 _aElephants and kings: an environmental history/
_cThomas R. Trautmann
260 _aChicago:
_bThe University of Chicago Press,
_c2015.
300 _axvi, 372 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c23 cm
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 _aAsiatic elephant
650 0 _aAsiatic elephant--Ecology
650 0 _aForest conservation
650 0 _aKings and rulers
650 0 _aElephants--War use
650 0 _aAnimals--War use
942 _cWB16