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Horse-drawn chariot carved onto the mandapam of Airavatesvara Temple, Darasuram, c. 12th century. Krishna, Arjuna at Kurukshetra, 18th- to 19th-century painting.. The horse has been present in the Indian subcontinent from at least the middle of the second millennium BC, [1] more than two millennia after its domestication in Central Asia. [2]
This is a list of some of the breeds and types of horse considered in India to be wholly or partly of Indian origin. [1] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Indian.
Ashva (Sanskrit: अश्व, IAST: Aśva) is the Sanskrit word for a horse, one of the significant animals finding references in the Vedas as well as later Hindu scriptures. The word is cognate to Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬀 ( aspa ), Latin equus , Ancient Greek ἵππος ( hippos ), Proto-Germanic * ehwaz , obsolete Prussian Lithuanian ašvà ...
Farasi Bahari - These are magical green Water Horses that live at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. They are depicted as a horse in its forepart, with a coiling, scaly, fish-like hindquarter. Hayagriva, also spelt Hayagreeva, is a horse-headed avatar of the Lord Vishnu in Hinduism. Keshi is the horse-demon, healed by Krishna. Kinnara In Hindu ...
Armoured and cavalry regiments of the Indian Army from 1947 ... Pages in category "Horses in India" ... History of the horse in the Indian subcontinent; K.
The Indian Half-bred is a horse type from the subcontinent of India. It is a cross-breed between Thoroughbred stallions and local and imported mares of various types. It is raised mainly by the Indian Army as a cavalry mount; it is also used by the Indian Police Service, as a polo pony, and for recreational and competitive riding.
' long-ears' or 'neighing aloud' ') [1] is a seven-headed flying horse, created during the churning of the ocean. It is considered the best of horses, as prototype and king of the horses. [1] Uchchaihshravas is often described as a vahana of Indra, but is also recorded to be the horse of Bali, the king of the asuras.
Siddhartha parting from Kanthaka, Gandhara, British Museum Relief of Chanda and Kanthaka in British India, 1897 According to Buddhist legend, Kanthaka (in Pali and Sanskrit) (6th century BC, in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India) was an eighteen cubit long, favourite white horse and royal servant of Prince Siddhartha, who later became Gautama Buddha.