Indian war elephants have long captured the popular imagination, in movies and video games alike. But few have tackled what it was "really like" to employ war elephants on the field of battle.

In India, the use of armored war elephants continued through the medieval era, and even into the early modern era. Was this a foolish strategic decision, or was there still a use for war elephants in a time where the battlefield was dominated by horse archers?

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Non-Exhaustive List of Sources:

"The Elephant in Ancient War" by Richard Glover
"Elephants in Ancient Indian Armies" by B. P. Sinha
"KANDULA: Elucidations on the Sinhala War Elephant" by Merlin Peris
"Indian Elephant Corps Under the Ghaznavids" by S. Jabir Raza

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