And you might be surprised to know that war elephants played ... replaced forests. In India, the process of training an ...

Here we come to the central protagonist of Trautmann’s narrative—the war elephant. Serving as a key component of ancient ...

In South Asia the massive animals have a long history as weapons of war. The first use of elephants in battle dates from the 6th century BCE, and the Mahabhararta, the great Sanskrit epic of ancient ...

An ancient map showing Thrace ... fourth century B.C., when Alexander the Great’s successors brought war elephants from India, the animals’ trumpeting threw horses into a frenzy.

For thousands of years, people in India have captured elephants to serve as war machines ... Elephants were used in warfare in ancient times. The more the elephants they had, the more power ...

In India, the process of training an elephant has changed little since ancient times ... The fearsome 6,000 war elephants of the Nanda Army led to mutiny among Alexander the Great’s battle ...