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Mahout
Elephant rider, trainer, or keeper / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the machine learning project, see Apache Mahout.
A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper.[1] Mahouts were used since antiquity for both civilian and military use. Traditionally, mahouts came from ethnic groups with generations of elephant keeping experience, with a mahout retaining his elephant throughout its working life or service years.[2]
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Country | Delhi Sultanate Deccan Sultanates Mughal Empire |
Branch | Cavalry (melee) |
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