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War Elephants from Ancient India to World War II

Dig: A History Podcast

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The History of Elephants and War

The use of elephants and war originated in the late vedic period in india, probably somewhere between one thousand and 500 b c e. Elephants weren't key symbols in egyptian art, and only appear in writings when egyptian kings encountered them. In other kingdoms such as syria, they also appear in ancient assyrian and chinese texts an art but references to actually using elephants in warfare are few and generally vague.

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