An akshauhini ( akṣauhiṇī) is described in the Mahabharata (Adi Parva 2.15-23) as a battle formation consisting of 21,870 chariots (Sanskrit ratha); 21,870 elephants (Sanskrit gaja); 65,610 horses (Sanskrit turaga) and 109,350 infantry (Sanskrit pada sainyam). Thus one akshauhini consisted of 218,700 warriors (not including the charioteers, who didn't fight). The ratio is 1 chariot : 1 elephant : 3 cavalry : 5 infantry soldiers. In each of these large number groups (65,610, etc.), the digits add up to 18. It is mentioned in the Mahabharata that in the Kurukshetra War the Pandava army consisted of seven akshauhinis (1,530,900 warriors), and the Kaurava army had eleven akshauhinis (2,405,700 warriors). Composition Patti (company) : 1 Elephant (Gaja) + 1 Chariot (Ratha) + 3 Horse (Ashwa) + 5 Foot Soldiers (Padati)=10 Warriors Senamukha = (3 x Patti) : 3 Elephant + 3 Chariot + 9 Horse + 15 Foot Soldiers = 30 Warriors Gulma = (3 x Senamukha) : 9 Elephant + 9 Chariot + 27 Horse + 45 Foot Soldiers = 90 Warriors Gana = (3 x Gulma) : 27 Elephant + 27 Chariot + 81 Horse + 135 Foot Soldiers = 270 Warriors Wahini = (3 x Gana) : 81 Elephant + 81 Chariot + 243 Horse + 405 Foot Soldiers = 810 Warriors Pritana/Prutana = (3 x Wahini) : 243 Elephant + 243 Chariot + 729 Horse + 1215 Foot Soldiers = 2,430 Warriors Chamu = (3 x Pritana/Prutana) : 729 Elephant + 729 Chariot + 2187 Horse + 3645 Foot Soldiers = 7,290 Warriors Anikini = (3 x Chamu) : 2187 Elephant + 2187 Chariot + 6561 Horse + 10935 Foot Soldiers = 21,870 Warriors Akshauhini = (10 x Anikini) : 21870 Elephant + 21870 Chariot + 65610 Horse + 109350 Foot Soldiers = 218,700 Warriors Kaurava Army and their Allies Kuru Army is a coalition of 11 akshauhinis formed by the kingdom of Hastinapura in alliance with races like the Samsaptakas, Trigartas, the Narayana army, the Sindhu army and Shalya of Madra. Bhagadatta, king of Pragjyotisha Kingdom - 1 Akshauhini Shalya, king of Madra (Madri) - 1 Akshauhini Bhurishravas, Prince of the Bahlika Kingdom and the grandson of the king Bahlika (Mahabharata)- 1 Akshauhini Kritavarma (who leads Krishna's Narayani Sena consisting of Yadava clans of Andhakas, Vrishnis, Kukuras, Bhojas and the Shainyas offered prior to the war) - 1 Akshauhini Jayadratha (king of the Sindhu Kingdom) -