Editing Just war theory (section)

===India===
The Indian [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Indian epic poetry|epic]], the ''[[Mahabharata]]'', offers the first written discussions of a "just war" (''[[dharma-yuddha]]'' or "righteous war"). In it, one of five ruling brothers (''[[Pandava]]s'') asks if the suffering caused by war can ever be justified. A long discussion then ensues between the siblings, establishing criteria like ''proportionality'' ([[Ratha|chariots]] cannot attack cavalry, only other chariots; no attacking people in distress), ''just means'' (no poisoned or barbed arrows), ''just cause'' (no attacking out of rage), and fair treatment of captives and the wounded.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Paul Robinson |title=Just War in Comparative Perspective |year=2017 |isbn=9781351924528 |page=|publisher=Routledge }}</ref>

In [[Sikhism]], the term ''[[Dharamyudh (Sikhism)|dharamyudh]]'' describes a war that is fought for just, righteous or religious reasons, especially in defence of one's own beliefs. Though some core tenets in the Sikh religion are understood to emphasise peace and nonviolence, especially before the 1606 execution of [[Guru Arjan]] by [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor [[Jahangir]],<ref name="Syan">{{Cite book |last=Syan |first=Hardip Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9RzzxcEL4C0C&pg=PA3 |title=Sikh Militancy in the Seventeenth Century: Religious Violence in Mughal and Early Modern India |date=2013 |publisher=I.B.Tauris |isbn=9781780762500 |location=London & New York |pages=3–4, 252 |access-date=15 September 2019}}</ref> military force may be justified if all peaceful means to settle a conflict have been exhausted, thus resulting in a ''dharamyudh''.<ref name="Fenech">{{Cite book |author1=Louis E. Fenech |title=Historical Dictionary of Sikhism |author2=W. H. McLeod |date=2014 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781442236011 |pages=99–100}}</ref>