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... elephant's back , became popular , and as neither art nor reliable literature mention it as native to India , the howdah may be an invention of Greek engineers . Within three years of Alexander's death his officers had made elephants ...
... elephant's back , became popular , and as neither art nor reliable literature mention it as native to India , the howdah may be an invention of Greek engineers . Within three years of Alexander's death his officers had made elephants ...
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... elephants to a suitable camp , probably near modern Haranpur , the crossing - point of the Jhelum for Sultan Mahmud 1,400 years later and nowadays the bridgehead for the British - built railway . Even without binoculars , scouts could ...
... elephants to a suitable camp , probably near modern Haranpur , the crossing - point of the Jhelum for Sultan Mahmud 1,400 years later and nowadays the bridgehead for the British - built railway . Even without binoculars , scouts could ...
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... elephant and had equipped his men accordingly . Hamstrung and trunkless , some fifty elephants were put out of action ; the rest stampeded indignantly , tusking and trampling without respect for friend or foe . They were exposed to ...
... elephant and had equipped his men accordingly . Hamstrung and trunkless , some fifty elephants were put out of action ; the rest stampeded indignantly , tusking and trampling without respect for friend or foe . They were exposed to ...
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