This volume is based on an illustrated Sanskrit manuscript of the Asvasastra (Science of Horses) which is a brief compendium of some important facets of Equinology based on the works of ancients Indian equinologists like Salihotra, Nakula, Garga, Gana etc. The Asvasastra extensively deals with various interesting and scientific aspects of horses like anatomy, features, auspicious and ominous characteristics of horses, their colour, neighing, smell, shade, ...
