army strength as per academic sources
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| commander1 = [[Chandragupta Maurya]]<br>[[Chanakya]] | | commander1 = [[Chandragupta Maurya]]<br>[[Chanakya]] | ||
| commander2 = [[Seleucus I Nicator]] | | commander2 = [[Seleucus I Nicator]] | ||
| strength1 = | | strength1 = 600,000 infantry<br>30,000 cavalry<br>8,000 war chariots(with approximately 24,000 personnel)<br>9,000 war elephants (with approximately 36,000 personnel)<ref>{{Cite book|page=106|quote=Chandragupta and his successors devoted much of their wealth to building military power. At the height of the Mauryan empire, its army was counted at 600,000 infantry, 30,000 cavalry, 9,000 war elephants, and 8,000 chariots.|url=https://archive.org/details/empiresascendant0000unse/page/106/mode/1up?q=%22600%2C000+infantry%22&view=theater|title=Empires Ascendant: Time Frame 400 BC-AD 200|date=1987|publisher=Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-8094-6412-8}}</ref> | ||
*The total military strength, including all supporting personnel, was about 690,000, rounded to 700,000.<ref>{{multiref| Historian and Indologist perspective: | |||
*{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.220182/page/n151/mode/1up|title=New Text Book Of Indian History To 1526|quote=The Mauryan war-machine was therefore perfected in every respect. The military might consisted of troops of different kinds, namely hereditary or feudatory troops, hired troops, gild levies, and forest tribes. They were fully and efficiently equipped. The regular military establishment consisted of 600,000 infantry, 30,000 horsemen, 36,000 men with 9,000 elephants, and 24,000 men with nearly 8,000 chariots. Thus there were 6,90,000 fighting men in addition to followers and attendants.|last=Gian Chand Mahajan|date=|pages=148}} | |||
*{{Cite book|quote=Arrian has pointed out, each chariot carried two soldiers, besides the driver, and an elephant carried three archers, besides the Mahout, then the total number of men in Chandragupta’s army would be 6,00,000 infantry, 30,000 horse-men, 36,000 men with the elephants, and 24,000 men with the chariots, totalling 6,90,000 in all, excluding followers and attendants.|page=165|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.532631/page/n183/mode/1up|title=Chandragupta Maurya And His Times|last=Mookerji|first=Radha Kumud|date=1940}} | |||
*{{citation|last=Smith|first=Vincent Arthur|title=The Oxford History of India: From the Earliest Times to the End of 1911|quote=The Maurya raised the number of the infantry to 600,000, and of the elephants to 9,000. But his cavalry is said to have mustered only 30,000..... Each chariot required at least three, and that each elephant carried at least four men, his total force must have amounted to not less than 690,000, or in round numbers 700,000 men.|url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordhistoryofi00smituoft/page/82/mode/1up|publisher=Clarendon Press|page=82}} | |||
*{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/medievalindiancu0000ashi_1sted/page/11/mode/1up?q=Maurya+6%2C90%2C000|title=Medieval Indian culture|last=Ashirbadi Lal Srivastava|date=1964-01-01|publisher=Shiva Lal Agarwala|page=11|quote=In ancient India there was a highly organised system of military administration. The state maintained a powerful standing army, and it was well looked after. Chandra Gupta Maurya had a huge force consisting of six lakhs infantary, 30,000 cavalry, 9,000 elephants, and 8,000 chariots. The total strength of his army was 6,90,000 men, excluding camp followers and attendants.}} | |||
*{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greekathletesath00harr/page/77/mode/1up?q=%22700%2C000+%22&view=theater|title=Greek athletes and athletics|last=Harris|first=Harold Arthur|date=1966|publisher=Bloomington, Indiana University Press|others=Internet Archive|pages=77|quote=To perform both these functions, the imperial army was magnificently equipped. At its height, it numbered 700,000 men, with 9,000 elephants and 10,000 chariots.}} | |||
*{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/indiapakistanhis0000bela/page/53/mode/1up?q=700%2C000+|title=India, Pakistan : history, culture, people|last=Belasco|first=Milton Jay|date=1976|publisher=New York : Cambridge Book Co.|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-8428-4007-1|pages=53|quote=With a large standing army of 700,000 men and 9000 elephants, and a secret police to maintain order. Maurya’s son, Bindusara (297-273 B.C.), added to the empire by conquering much of the Deccan.}} | |||
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| strength2 = Unknown | | strength2 = Unknown | ||
| casualties1 = unknown | | casualties1 = unknown | ||