Aditya Gokhale’s Ancient Indian Military Organisation and Vyuhas – The Battle Formations: Epics Age to Mauryan Age is a meticulous and scholarly exploration of the military systems of ancient India. It delves deep into the structural, functional, and tactical dimensions of warfare during one of the most formative periods of Indian history — spanning from the mytho-historical era of the epics to the empirically grounded Mauryan age.