01-06-2004, 10:31 PM
Regarding Indian warfare in History.
1. Always defensive.
2. Egoistic and aversion to foreign weapons, tactics and technology.
3. Stupid rites and rituals. (war only from dusk to dawn) that brought downfall when Ghauri, Ghaznavi attacked late nights., also food
restrictions (ghauri and ghaznavi simply corrupted the closeby water stream with beef causing hungry soldiers to fight for 1/2 days).
4. Command structure was unknown even to soldiers (when a king or general died the whole army fled).
5. Too much reliance on astrology and Brahmins (auspicious timing was generally inauspicious for india).
6. Caste System often resulted in defeat of armies where only Brahmins and Rajputs fought while farmers and others just watched the wars.
1. Always defensive.
2. Egoistic and aversion to foreign weapons, tactics and technology.
3. Stupid rites and rituals. (war only from dusk to dawn) that brought downfall when Ghauri, Ghaznavi attacked late nights., also food
restrictions (ghauri and ghaznavi simply corrupted the closeby water stream with beef causing hungry soldiers to fight for 1/2 days).
4. Command structure was unknown even to soldiers (when a king or general died the whole army fled).
5. Too much reliance on astrology and Brahmins (auspicious timing was generally inauspicious for india).
6. Caste System often resulted in defeat of armies where only Brahmins and Rajputs fought while farmers and others just watched the wars.