The fearsome 6,000 war elephants of the Nanda Army led to mutiny among Alexander the Great’s battle-weary troops. Horrifically, elephants were also used to crush captured enemies, spreading ...

While the used-elephant market has been seriously depressed ... a military historian attached to the Thai general staff, “If a war comes, we may have to rely on elephants for jungle combat ...

Tourists are now king, and so at the Elephant Festival in Jaipur, Rajasthan, instead of pomp there are elephant polo, elephant tug-of-war, and an ... sometimes and being used sometimes.” ...

Elephants, used extensively in ancient Indian battles ... illustrates the use of war elephants as part of a fourfold army, known as chaturanga bala, which included infantry, cavalry, foot soldiers ...

The handover of the elephants is part of the so-called elephant diplomacy, a strategy used by the Burmese junta ... Also read: Is Putin preparing Russians for war? This decision is evidence ...