a group of about eight to ten of the typical small to medium size south asian feral dogs came out of the grass and bushes by the side of the road, and began approaching me all together at a medium pace, in a group with what I interpreted as aggressive body language (having owned a number of different breeds of domestic north american dogs for many years since childhood).

I had been pulling a wheeled piece of luggage which possibly set them off because its noise was quite unusual at that time and place.