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ON THE ARMY ORGANISATION 



interdict placed on them by Manu may have interfered 

 somehow with their being generally used. On the other 

 hand it must not be forgotten, that, though firearms existed, 

 their construction was still in its infancy and that their 

 application was very limited and did not diminish much 

 the use of other arms. It ought also not to be overlooked 

 that, as now, so also in ancient times, every thing connected 

 with firearms and their improvement was surrounded with 

 great mystery and the few books written on this subject were 

 guarded like treasures and not communicated to the common 

 crowd. The danger in handling firearms may also have 

 deterred people from availing themselves of them so much 

 as they otherwise would have done. Nevertheless the exist- 

 ence of guns and cannons in India in the earliest times 

 seems to me to be satisfactorily proved from evidence supplied 

 by some of the oldest Indian writings. 



CHAPTER V. 



ON THE AEMY OKGANISATION AND POLITICAL 

 MAXIMS OF THE ANCIENT HINDUS. 



THE SEVENTH SECTION OF THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE 

 SUKRANITI. 



1. Sena sastrastrasamyuktamanusyadiganatmika. 



2. Svagamanyagama ceti dvidha, saiva prthak tridha, 

 daivyasurl manavi ca, purvapurvabaladhika ; 



1 . An army is a numerous body consisting especially of men Army,, 



provided with weapons and missiles. 



2. It is of two kinds either self -moving or not self -moving ; 



it is besides in a threefold manner an army either of 

 gods, of demons or of human beings, each preceding 

 being stronger than the succeeding. 



