Being a student of history, I know that elephants were used for many purposes in India. Elephants are still used for carrying huge logs and sandal trees in the forests of Karnataka. While in India, I found that the elephants are still used in temples, they are caparisoned and moved around cities during festivals and they are used for the purpose of entertainment at various tourist sites.

In order to know more about the animal that has occupied so much space in the lives of people, I went through different texts. Indian elephant is just like Asian elephants that are found in other parts of Asia. In fact, When we refer Asian elephants it also means Indian elephants because both are same.

Asian elephants are mainly found across India and Sri Lanka and towards the south and east as far as Sumatra. They live in a range of habitats from grasslands to wet forests. Asian Elephants have a varied vegetarian diet, and feed on grasses, bamboo, leaves, bark, shoots, creepers and palms. They also prefer seasonal variety sometimes such as fig leaves and fruits, wood apple and mango.

In India the major regions where elephants are found include the forests of Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Uttara Pradesh, Orissa, and Assam. A typical elephant herd consists of forty elephants, which include five male tuskers and quite a few young calves.