Asurayuddha or Asuravijaya is a type of unrighteous war mentioned in Kautilya’s Arthashastra. In this type of war, the conqueror conquers like demons. They seize land, money, and women and make people slaves. It is called Asura yuddha because it is believed that demons practiced such means of warfare. All heinous, illegal and forbidden methods of warfare are used for obtaining victory in this type of war. There is no direct or straight fight in Asuravijaya. Secrecy, guile, charm spells and cheating are widely used to attain victory. Wars according Hindu scriptures like the epics, Puranas and Shastras are broadly classified into - dharma yuddha and Adharma yuddha or kuta yuddha; righteous and unrighteous war. Kautilya in his Arthashastra further classifies the adharma war into two as lobhavijaya and asuravijaya. Asuravijaya or asurayudha is one in which the conqueror conquers like a demon seizing the land, money, sons and wives of the defeated king, whereas lobhavijaya, the war