04-24-2008, 19:15 PM
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Tamizhanban
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Yeah, I was putoff when the article talked about military races and aryan invasion 
Anyway, this is from Indika about Chandra Gupta Maurya's army..
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But the Prasii surpass in power and glory every other people, not only in this quarter, but one may say in all India, their capital Palibothra, a very large and wealthy city, after which some call the people itself the Palibothri,--nay even the whole tract along the Ganges. Their king has in his pay a standing army of 600,000 foot-soldiers, 30,000 cavalry, and 9,000 elephants: whence may be formed some conjecture as to the vastness of his resources.
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To feed 9,000 elephants is no mean task 
And this was for Asoka,
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The standing army was enormous: in Asoka's time, it consisted of 600,000 infantry, 130,000 cavalry, and 9,000 elephants attended by 36,000 men, together with many thousands of chariots and charioteers, all strictly controlled by six different boards of government.
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Last edited by Jay : 04-24-2008 at 19:32 PM.
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