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Trautmann, Thomas R.,

Elephants and kings : an environmental history / Thomas R. Trautmann. - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015. - xvi, 372 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-364) and index.

Retreat 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. Prologue Elephants and Indian Kingship The Spread of the War Elephant After the War Elephant

ISBN: 9780226264226 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226264363 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Elephants
Asiatic elephant
Asiatic elephant
Forest conservation--War use--History.--India--History.--India--Ecology--History.--India--History.--India

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India--History, Military.
India--Kings and rulers--History.

Dewey Class. No.: 355.424 / TRA