Ancient (Mythical?) Indian & Chinese war formation: spinning labyrinth

[zerozero]

Mahabharata: What was the right strategy for Abhimanyu to defeat the Padmavyuha formation from the Mahabharata? - Quora

The formation was designed as a spinning wheel (hence the "chakra" in the name) and a puzzle (hence the "vyuh"), with the formation in a constant state of rotation.... the rotation may be seen as the motion of the helix of a screw. The formation was also called Padmavyuh (or the Lotus formation)[3]. Also, the inner layers were made of of soldiers, each stronger than the ones on the immediate outer layer. Let us use a gaming terminology and call the warriors as levels. Level 7 being the strongest, and lower level warriors at the outside. Here is what would happen to anyone entering through the mouth (now imagine the same thing happening DURING WAR)....

 

[GetInTheTruck]

abhimanyu caught a raw deal man that was some foul shyt. Drona was that dude though.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

I need to read the Mahabharata again.

Indian epics>>>>