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title: War Elephants of the Rashtrakutas, Ellora Caves
author: Sengai Podhuvan
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8878/war-elephants-of-the-rashtrakutas-ellora-caves/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# War Elephants of the Rashtrakutas, Ellora Caves

_Authored by Sengai Podhuvan_

## Image File

[![War Elephants of the Rashtrakutas, Ellora Caves](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8878.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8878.jpg)

## Image Caption

This [war](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) scene shown in a [temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) frieze in the Kailashanatha Temple depicts the use of chariots and elephants in [warfare](https://www.worldhistory.org/warfare/) during the period of the imperial Rashtrakutas (eighth to tenth centuries CE). Location: [Ellora Caves](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/874/ellora-caves/), Aurangabad, Maharashtra.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Podhuvan, S. (2018, June 09). War Elephants of the Rashtrakutas, Ellora Caves. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8878/war-elephants-of-the-rashtrakutas-ellora-caves/>
### Chicago
Podhuvan, Sengai. "War Elephants of the Rashtrakutas, Ellora Caves." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 09, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8878/war-elephants-of-the-rashtrakutas-ellora-caves/>.
### MLA
Podhuvan, Sengai. "War Elephants of the Rashtrakutas, Ellora Caves." *World History Encyclopedia*, 09 Jun 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8878/war-elephants-of-the-rashtrakutas-ellora-caves/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Design_building_border,_Ancient_war,.JPG) by **Sengai Podhuvan**. Submitted by [Dr Avantika Lal](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/avantika.lal30/ "User Page: Dr Avantika Lal"), published on 09 June 2018. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.