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

The answer, however, lies in where Ptolemy was sourcing his war elephants ... and were likely the source of his belief that Indian elephants were the largest of all.” The Eritrean elephant ...

The object I have chosen is an Elephant ... before war was declared. Mother was bombed out and we went to live with my Grandfather whose house was, as I remember, full of Indian memorabilia ...

historical accounts described northern African war elephants as fearful of the bigger Indian war elephants, while modern Asian elephants are generally smaller than their African cousins ...

The author says, “The ancient Indian kingdom was tied to the forest by the institution of the war elephant”, a very important observation especially in the current focus on environment.

"You grow up thinking elephants are African or Indian animals - so seeing them wandering around Horley in World War One, would've been quite a shock. "They were heavy animals and would have been ...

The Roman and Han empires – and everyone in between – were directly connected through outposts across the Indian Ocean some ... Ptolemy II to bring African war elephants to Egypt.