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The Portuguese War Elephants That Terrified India
When the Portuguese arrived in India, they faced a weapon they had never encountered: the war elephant. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how the Estado da Índia adapted to Asian warfare, capturing and deploying elephants in battle. They focus on the 1538 siege of Diu, where Portuguese defenders used their own war elephants to repel a massive Ottoman-Gujarati army. The conversation covers elephant training, Portuguese reforms under Nuno da Cunha, and the cultural shock of facing armored pachyderms. Lucas explains how the Portuguese eventually bred elephants in Goa and even shipped them…
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