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The description of the quadripartite Royal Army as we have dealt in this Chapter consists of the foot-soldiers, the charioted-warriors, soldiers who fight from the elephants and those others from the horses. Regarding their individual and relative importance, lot of material is found in ancient texts proclaiming their inalineability from the war-apparatus. Hastyayurveda ,1.223 proclaims the superiority of elephants in war, " rainan hi vijavo nitvam varane su 120 pratisthitah" and says that elephants weigh heavily in confering victory to the contenders. Elsewhere, we find its that infantry is hailed as 'queen of the battle' and is 121 preponderance is highly praised. The Arthasastra (p.4, verses.25 ff). praises a horse for its speed power to organise, separate etc. 122 in the war-field. And in a similar way is glorified the role of a chariot as we have seen in Samrajya-lakshmi-pithika 131. In N however, we come across description of an ideal army as consisting of 120. Also, Cf. Dixitar, p.170 121. A.P. Chapter 228, Sena padati bahuta satrun javati sarvada. Also, Cf. Nitiprakasika, 6.66-67. 122. Ksanadekatvamavanti, ksanat yanti sahasradha etc.

630 an overdose of foot-soldiers, medium horses and even quantity of elephants, bulls, camels etc. but never with a preponderant elephant force. Thus what we see, relates to the fact that each of the above four constituents, are equally important and each has its own role to perform and glory to share. In the above light the informations as incorporated in Samrajya-lakshmi-pithika appear to be highly valuable inasmuch as these embody an ancient tradition of the military genius of India. Thus, Samrajya-lakshmi-pithika a traditional hand-book for ancient kings serves as a rich source-book on many topics, interesting from the point of view of cultural history of India.