Before revision: Illustration from the Akbarnama, the official chronicle of the reign of Akbar, the third Mughal emperor Execution by elephant was a method of capital punishment in South and Southeast Asia, particularly in India, where Asian elephants were used to crush, dismember, or torture captives during public executions.
After revision: , or Gunga Rao,Illustration from the Akbarnama, the official chronicle of the reign of Akbar, the third Mughal emperor Execution by elephant was a method of capital punishment in South and Southeast Asia, particularly in India, where Asian elephants were used to crush, dismember, or torture captives during public executions.