The Bhagavad Gita For Millennials

by Bibek Debroy

In the Kurukshetra battle, the Pandavas had seven akshauhinis and the Kauravas had eleven akshauhinis. An akshauhini is a unit of the army, consisting of 21,870 chariots, 21,870 elephants, 65,610 horses and 1,09,350 foot-soldiers.