Herodotus has described the Indian soldiers in the Achaemenid army.
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Herodotus has described the Indian soldiers in the Achaemenid army.
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- According to Herodotus, Xerxes’ army had soldiers from Gandhara, Sindh, and Punjab when he invaded Greece in 480 B.C.E.
- The soldiers from Gandhara were equipped with bows made of cane and spears with short shafts.
- They also had horses and chariots drawn by horses. The Indian soldiers from Sindh and Punjab used cotton clothes and used bows and arrows made of cane. They were expert archers.
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