Pre-modern Warfare:India And Elsewhere

[Guest]

Dear Leong Kit Meng/Liang Jieming,

Congratulations on your book.

One question/concern.

In your book, you are refering to India not as India but South Asia. Why?

Under "Siege Weapon Types in Other Cultures" Section, you have listed:

Mahaashilaakantaka 5th century B.C.
Sarvatobhadra ??? century B.C.
Yantra ??? century B.C.

The above are grouped under "South Asian" Seige weapons. Why not "Indian"?

Unlike other collective groups you have mentioned there: European, Greco-Roman, Middle-Eastern etc, India is very much a living single nation and civilization, just like China and Japan. I think you must call it India as it is, rather than South Asia which is misleading.

Regards