The predecessors to the contemporary Army of India were many: the sepoy regiments, native cavalry, irregular horse and Indian sapper and miner companies raised by the three British presidencies. The Army of India was raised under the British Raj in the 19th century by taking the erstwhile presidency armies, merging them, and bringing them under the Crown. The British Indian Army fought in both World Wars. * Indian warrior in Armor by Edwin Lord Weeks. * Ancient Indian Antennae sword; Metalwork, 1500–500 BCE. * Ancient Indian Ax Blade, 1500–1000 BCE.