The Elephant and the Aryans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11830461 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarva Daman Singh (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1963 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 1-6 |
| Publication date | 1963-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-1863 • E-ISSN: 1474-0591 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0035869x00121367 |
| OpenAlex | W2110764045 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
The association of man and elephant dates back to remote antiquity. The bones of the animal unearthed at Mohenjodaro, the realistic figurines, and the representations on the seals of the Indus sites point to the beginnings of this fateful friendship; the docility, intelligence, and easy obedience of the elephant must have quickly led to its domestication, once it was known and captured. That the prosperous civilization of the Indus used the elephant for riding and other purposes, appears almost certain; “the representations on the seals show the two breeds recognized today in India, the Kamooria Dhundia with its flat back, square head, and stout legs, and the inferior Meergha, less heavily built and with a sloping back.” The proto-Australoids were perhaps the first people to domesticate and train the elephant; the words gaja and mātaṅga have been traced to the pre-Aryan peoples of India speaking Austric languages
Ancient history · Archaeology · Aryan race · Asian elephant · Biology · Civilization · Domestication · Elephas · Genealogy · Geography · Indus · Zoology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Ecology · Paleontology
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |