The document discusses iconic weapons and warfare throughout Indian history. It covers weapons and tactics during the Mauryan Dynasty from 321-185 BC, including spears, bows and arrows, swords, and battle axes. It also discusses guerrilla warfare tactics used by the Maratha Empire. For modern weapons, it outlines rifles, missiles, submarines and destroyers used by the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force. It provides examples of weapons that played key roles in the Kargil War and Indo-Pakistan Naval War of 1971.

1. ICONIC WEAPONS AND THE
ART OF WARFARE
BY TEAM D

2. INTRODUCTION
THE MAURYAN DYNASTY
THE MARATHA EMPIRE
THE MODERN ERA
INDIAN ARMY
INDIAN NAVY
INDIAN AIRFORCE

3. INTRODUCTION
WHAT ARE ICONIC WEAPONS?
WHAT IS ART OF WARFARE?

4. THE
MAURYAN DYNASTY
The Mauryan Empire, which formed around 321 B.C.E. And ended in 185 B.C.E.,
was the first pan-Indian empire, an empire that covered most of the Indian
region. It spanned across central and northern India as well as over parts of
modern-day Iran.

5. ICONIC WEAPONS
India , during this period , was rich in gold and metals and the skills to
produce weapons in great quantities in state armories. The Ganges plain and
other areas farther north were excellent for breeding mounts for the cavalry.

6. • Spear
• Bow and Arrow

7. • Javelin
• Sword

8. • Battle Axe
Also , by the Mauryan period , Indians possessed most of the
ancient world’s siege and artillery equipments , including
catapult and ballistic battring rams and other seige engine .

9. MILITARY SYSTEM
The military system itself was controlled by high-ranking civilian
superintendents who oversaw the operations of state armories,
where all military equipment and weapons were manufactured, as
well as supply depots, cavalry, elephants, chariot corps, and infantry,
including provisions, training, and general combat readiness.

10. There were six types of troops in the Mauryan imperial army:
• The Ksatriyas
• The Mercenaries
• The Freebooters
• The Guilds
• Troops from subordinate allies
• Hill Tribesmen

11. FIGURES IN THE MILITARY SYSTEM
The Mauryan army was quite large. Classical
sources point that during this invasion of the
Nandan kingdom , Chandragupta Maurya had
a massive force of 6,00,000 infantry along
with 30,000 cavalry and 9,000 elephants .

12. WARFARE TACTICS
The tactical organization of the Mauryan army may have been influenced somewhat
by the Chinese innovation of combining several combat arms within a single tactical
unit and training it to fight together, employing their arms in concert. Indian armies
of this period had within them a basic unit called the patti, a mixed platoon
comprising one elephant carrying three archers or spearman and a mahout, three
horse cavalrymen armed with javelins, round buckler, and spear, and five infantry
soldiers armed with shield and broadsword or bow. This twelve-man unit when
assembled in three units formed a senamukha, or “company.” Three of these formed
together comprised a gulma, or “battalion.” Units were added in multiples of three,
forming an aksauhini, or “army,” comprised of 21,870 patti. Sources also speak of
military units formed around multiples of ten, and there were no doubt units of
single arms that could be employed individually or in concert with other arms. The
Arthasastra mentions a unit called the samavyuha, or “battle array,” that was about
the size of a Roman legion (5,000 men). This unit comprised five subunits joined
together, each subunit containing 45 chariots, 45 elephants, 225 cavalry, and 675
infantrymen each. It goes without saying that managing such units in battle required
a high degree of tactical sophistication.

13. THE MARATHA EMPIRE
• In 1674, Shivaji Maharaj carved an independent
Maratha zone around Pune, Maharashtra Shivaji
established an effective civil and military
administration. After a lifetime of conquest and
guerrilla warfare with the Mughal emperor
Aurangzeb, Shivaji died in 1680, leaving behind a
kingdom of great but ill-defined extent.

14. GUERRILLA
WARFARE
• Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular
warfare in which small groups of
combatants, such as paramilitary
personnel, armed civilians, or
irregulars, use military tactics
including ambushes, sabotage, raids,
petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and
mobility, to fight a larger and less-
mobile traditional military.

15. ICONIC WEAPONS
• Sword
• In medieval India most of the war
were fought with sword
• A fast-moving weapon that could
stab as well as slice, the sword
delivered the most damage for least
effort

16. BOW AND ARROW
• Before the invention of gun power,
bow and arrow were one of the most
advanced weapons
• It can kill or give severe injuries to
enemy from certain distance.

17. SPEAR
• Also known as BHALA
• A pole weapon with a sharp point, either thrown or thrust at
an enemy

18. DAGGER
• It is used for close combat

20. Crest of the Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed
Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its
professional head is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four-star general.

21. Founded 1 April 1895; 126
years ago
Type Army
Role Land warfare
Size •1,237,117 active
personnel
•960,000 reserve
personnel
Part of Indian Armed
Forces
Headquarters Integrated Defence
Headquarters, Mini
stry of
Defence, New
Delhi
Motto(s) Service Before Self
Colours Gold, red and black
The Indian Army originated from the armies of
the East India Company, which eventually
became the British Indian Army, and the armies
of the princely states, which were merged into the
national army after independence. The units and
regiments of the Indian Army have diverse
histories and have participated in a number of
battles and campaigns around the world, earning
many battle and theatre honours before and after
independence.

22. Fälthaubits 77 (Swedish "Field Howitzer 77") or FH77 is a
Swedish 155mm howitzer . It was developed and manufactured
by Bofors.
Pinaka is a multiple rocket launcher produced in India and
developed by the Defence Research and Development
Organisation for the Indian Army.

23. INSAS (an abbreviation of INdian Small Arms System)is a family
of infantry arms consisting of an assault rifle and a light
machine gun (LMG). It is manufactured by the Ordnance
Factories Board at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
The AK-47, officially known as the Avtomat
Kalashnikova (Russian: Автома́т
Кала́шникова, lit. 'Kalashnikov's automatic rifle'; also known
as the Kalashnikov or just AK).

24. All of these played a crucial role during the Kargil War fought between India and Pakistan from
May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of
Control ( LoC). India had the upperhand and won the war by regaining control of all the
previously held territory.

25.  Surgical strikes: On 29th September, eleven days after the Uri attack,
the Indian Army conducted surgical strikes against suspected militants
in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.

26. THE INDIAN NAVY
 7TH largest navy in the world
 280 ships,3700 air-craft,335,000 active sailors, 128,000 reservist
 The fleet of the Indian Navy is a mixture of domestic built and foreign vessels
 The navy currently operates three Kolkata, three Delhi and three Rajput-class guided-
missile destroyers.

27. ICONIC WEAPONS
 Submarine-launched ballistic missiles
 Sagarika : Its also known by K15 or B05. It is designed for
retaliatory nuclear strikes with a range of 750 km.
 Prithvi: It is a tactical surface-to-surface short-range ballistic
missile (SRBM) developed by Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO) of India
 K-4: The missile has a maximum range of about 3,500 km.
Prithvi II
missile during
a launch
A Sagarika
flight test on
27 January
2013.

28. Submarines
 INS Chakra: It was a Charlie-class
nuclear-powered cruise missile
submarine operated by the Soviet and
Indian navies.
 INS Kursura: It is a Kalvari-class
(variant of the Foxtrot-class) diesel-
electric submarine of the Indian Navy.
 INS Kolkata: It is the lead ship of the
Kolkata-class stealth guided-missile
destroyers of the Indian Navy.
 INS Vikramaditya: It is a
modified Kiev-class aircraft
carrier and the flagship of the
Indian Navy, which entered into
service in 2013.
INS Kursura underway
INS Kolkata

29. WARFARE TACTICS
 INDO-PAKISTAN NAVAL WAR(1971)
The Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971 refers to the maritime military engagements between
the Indian Navy and the Pakistan Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The India–
Pakistan hostilities during this time period were a direct result of the Bangladesh Liberation
War, which had been ongoing in erstwhile East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) since the
Pakistan Army's execution of Operation Searchlight in an effort to curb the Bengali nationalist
movement in Pakistan's eastern wing. The series of naval operations began with the Indian
Navy's exertion of pressure on Pakistan from the Indian Ocean, while the Indian Army and
Indian Air Force moved in to choke Pakistani forces operating in East Pakistan on land. Indian
naval operations comprised naval interdiction, air defence, ground support, and logistics
missions.
With the success of Indian naval operations in East Pakistan, the Indian Navy subsequently
commenced two large-scale operations: Operation Trident and Operation Python. These
operations were focused on West Pakistan, and preceded the start of formal hostilities between
India and Pakistan.

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37. TEAM D
PRINCE RANJAN -- 2057128
KANAD CHAKRAVORTY -- 2057121
RITABRATA GHOSH -- 2057129
UJJWAJ BHARDWAJ -- 2057134
TUSHAR KUMAR -- 2057114
SWARUP KUMAR MONDAL -- 2057139
SATYAKI SHEE-- 2057113

38. SOURCE
• https://data.gov.in
• https://scholar.google.comGoogle
Scholar
• https://www.education.gov.in
• https://www.wikipedia.org

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