Warfare and Politics in South Asia from Ancient to Modern Times

This volume presents fifteen original essays on warfare basedonprimary sources by scholars from different parts of theworldspatially, the pieces cover the period from the vedic tothenuclear age and temporally, they not only cover the whole ofthesubcontinent but also link the historical trajectory ofsouth-eastasia with that of south asia warfare in this volume hasbeendefined broadly while some essays focus on inter-state war,othersturn the focus on intra-state war besides war on land,severalcontributors also look at the naval dimension moreover, allthecontributors agree that warfare cannot be separated fromthepolitical matrix which surrounds organised violence like thedoublehelix of a dna molecule this volume will be of enduringvalue toscholars of military history in general and south asianwarfare inparticular