The Rig Vedic "ratha" translated often as "vehicle" or "chariot" is not the same as the European horse-drawn chariot.
It is variously described as:
pRRithu - "broad" (1.123.1)
bRRihat - "tall, big" (6.61.13)
variShTha...vandhura - "widest...box/seating space" (6.47.9)
trivandhura - "three seated" (1.41.2; 7.71.4; etc)
aShTavandhura - "eight seated" (10.53.7)
The only real-life, not mythological, ratha in a race is mentioned in 10.102 and this is pulled by oxen.
The Rig Veda does not make a single mention of a real-life battle with horse-drawn rathas.
Source:Nicholas Kazanas
It is variously described as:
pRRithu - "broad" (1.123.1)
bRRihat - "tall, big" (6.61.13)
variShTha...vandhura - "widest...box/seating space" (6.47.9)
trivandhura - "three seated" (1.41.2; 7.71.4; etc)
aShTavandhura - "eight seated" (10.53.7)
The only real-life, not mythological, ratha in a race is mentioned in 10.102 and this is pulled by oxen.
The Rig Veda does not make a single mention of a real-life battle with horse-drawn rathas.
Source:Nicholas Kazanas
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