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In December 554 AD, the Liang dynasty used armoured war elephants, carrying towers, against Western Wei. They were defeated by a volley of arrows. The Southern Han dynasty is the only state in Chinese history to have kept a permanent corps of war elephants. These elephants were able to carry a tower with some 10 people on their backs.
The elephant is the state animal of Kerala and is featured on the emblem of the Government of Kerala, and previously on the coat of arms of Travancore. The elephant is also on the flag of the Kingdom of Laos with three elephants visible, supporting an umbrella (another symbol of royal power) until it became a republic in 1975. Other Southeast ...
These elephants were probably not native to China and were delivered to the Ming dynasty by Southeast Asian countries such as Siam. [22] During the Revolt of the Three Feudatories , the rebels used elephants against the Qing dynasty , but the Qing Bannermen shot them with so many arrows that they "resembled porcupines" and repelled the elephant ...
During the native dynasty it was the practice to train elephants to put criminals to death by trampling upon them, the creatures being taught to prolong the agony of the wretched sufferers by crushing the limbs, avoiding the vital parts.
A folio from the Hastividyarnava manuscript. The Hastividyārnava, written by Sukumar Barkaith, is one of the best known illustrated manuscripts of Assam.Commissioned under the patronage of King Siva Singha (1714–1744 C.E.) and his queen consort Ambika, it deals with the management and care of elephants in the royal stables.
Gajasura, an elephant demon from Hindu mythology; Gajendra, from the Sanskrit text Gajendra Moksha; Girimekhala, the elephant that carries Mara in Theravada Buddhism; Kasogonagá, a Toba deity described as either an elephant or an anteater. Supratika, a name for several elephants in Hindu mythology; Behemoth, a demon depicted as a round-bellied ...
The Birth of The Elephant Sanctuary. The Elephant Sanctuary’s story officially began in 1995 with a single elephant named Tarra. An Asian elephant who spent much of her life performing in a ...
Howdahs on the elephants of the Maharaja of Travancore.May 1841. Elephant with howdah. A howdah, or houdah (Hindi: हौदा, romanized: haudā), derived from the Arabic هودج (hawdaj), which means "bed carried by a camel", also known as hathi howdah (hāthī haudā, हाथी हौदा), is a carriage which is positioned on the back of an elephant, or occasionally some other ...