Elephantorum Magister

War-Horse and Elephant in the Delhi Sultanate, The Elephant Hunt of Jayavarman III, A Reappraisal of Hannibal’s use of Elephants,

War-Horse and Elephant in the Delhi Sultanate

By Simon Digby

The period of the greater Delhi Sultanate, with which we are concerned, begins in 1192 A.D., when the upper Gangetic plain with the site o f Delhi itself was permanently wrested from Hindu Rajput control by Muslim forces: and is terminated in 1398 A.D. with the plunder of Delhi by the central As…