IAmTheWarrior

Sources from 1912 in cavalry tactics

These sources are pretty likely to tell nonsense. Do you have any more recent material supporting these claims? Wandalstouring 16:42, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Chau Ju-kua's work on his travels in Chola is cetainly not "nonsense" as you suggested. I have used a translation from 1912 beacause that is still one of the best English language versions (there are many more recent translations, which are less satisfactory because they abbreviate the text). The original is 800 years old, and contains first hand accounts of elephant cavalry. The age of the work increases, rather than decreases, its authority. IAmTheWarrior 17:12, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Then please quote you the passage word for word that says there existed regiments with thousands of elephants. I have my doubts and seriously you can't quote everything from old sources without doubt or do you believe in fairies guiding Hannibal as Livy makes us believe? Chau Ju-kua does NOT write in Vedic times, please correct it so it is clear when thousands of elephants are reported to have been used in battle. For more information what are critically reviewed secondary sources and what not ask Semperf for help. Wandalstouring 19:59, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

please give the exact page of Chau Ju-kua, Travels in Chola you quote in cavalry tactics, so we can verify your statements (and add this information also to the other books you quote). Otherwise the information is not verifiable and must be deleted. Wandalstouring 11:21, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia guidelines never require the inclusion of the page number, even in a full citation. See Wikipedia:Citing_sources. Obviously as well, in your very substantial number of additions in this article, you have never included a reference with page numbers. IAmTheWarrior 15:51, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Than go back and find out that I did a translation. So far I asked you to verify your claims. Wandalstouring 16:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC)