This volume presents fifteen original essays on warfare basedonprimary sources
by scholars from different parts of theworld.Spatially, the pieces cover the
period from the Vedic totheNuclear Age. And temporally, they not only cover the
whole ofthesubcontinent but also link the historical trajectory ofSouth-EastAsia
with that of South Asia. Warfare in this volume hasbeendefined broadly. While
some essays focus on inter-state war,othersturn the focus on intra-state war.
Besides war on land,severalcontributors also look at the naval dimension.
Moreover, allthecontributors agree that warfare cannot be separated
fromthepolitical matrix which surrounds organised violence like thedoublehelix
of a DNA molecule. This volume will be of enduringvalue toscholars of Military
History in general and