"Its water is dark; its fruit is bitter and poisonous; its land is stony, and its earth is saltish. A small army will …"

"In war the Indians were by far the bravest of all the races inhabiting Asia at that time."

"No Indian ever went outside his own country on a warlike expedition, so righteous were they."

"Anticipating war the hero should train himself to master archery, swordsmanship, cavalry and also fight on elephants …"

"While the Greek and Roman historians have not failed to point to Alexander's weaknesses and the difficulties encounte…"

"At most periods of her history India, though a cultural unit, has been torn by internecine war. In statecraft, her ru…"

"Hindus could not, even in the wildest stretch of their imagination, conceive of a war that defied description. Until …"

"No military unit in recent years has undertaken a more delicate and demanding peacetime mission than that faced by th…"

"The total numbers of men fielded by the various parts of the British Empire [during World War II] were immense. All t…"

"India had barely become independent, in 1947, when Pakistan invaded Kashmir, which at the time was ruled by a maharaj…"