Pre-modern Warfare:India And Elsewhere

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Liang, Apropos shatagni refer to the thread Pre modern warfare. In post 7 H^2 in item 13, translates it as fire thrower. Makes sense as agni is fire and yes shata is 100. So literally it means 100 fires or a fire thrower engine.
I would say shatagni = firethrower engine.

Thanks for researching about pre Islamic seige engines in India. We need to look far and wide in travellers accounts to get an idea of such machines of war.