Logo

0
Your cart is empty empty bag

Free Worldwide Delivery on orders over $50

Х

Boots, Hooves, and Wheels: And the Social Dynamics Behind South Asian Warfare

 
Saikat K. Bose (Author) Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (Foroward)
Synopsis

The books title has an apparent misnomer—boots were not used in early armies, at least as apparent from temple sculptures which depict bare-bodied and barefooted soldiers. But is it likely to have been true? Or social reasons led to suppression of footgear on temple walls? The book explores these and myriad other questions on the military experience of South Asia, hoping to construct a picture of how men, animals, and equipment were used on South Asian battlefields from the end of the Paleolithic till the dawn of our era. Further, as all that happens on battlefields is no more than the tip of the proverbial iceberg whose submarine mass conceals many cause–effect relationships in a wide variety of fields, the author, adopting a wide fronted approach, examines the evidence of anthropology, literature, mythology, folklore, technology, archaeology, and architecture, to reconstructs the military atmosphere of South Asia beyond the battlefield, which is the aim of this book.

Read more
74.70 67.23 $ 83.00 $
Free delivery Wolrdwidе in 10-18 days Ships in 1-2 days from New Delhi Membership for 1 Year $35.00
Get it now and save 10%
Members SAVE 10% every day
BECOME A MEMBER
Write a review
Reviews in total
 

Bibliographic information

Title Boots, Hooves, and Wheels: And the Social Dynamics Behind South Asian Warfare
Format Hardcover
Date published: 14.07.2015
Edition 1st. ed.
Publisher Vij Books India
Language: English
isbn 9789384464530
length xx+573p., Illustrations; Maps; 24cm.