Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c8.5

c8.5

CART-WRIGHT—The craft of a cart-wright (*Rathakāra*) was quite developed; frequent mention being made of chariot (*Ratha*), axle (*Aksha*), wheel (*Chakra*), spokes (*Ara*), nave (*Nabhya*), felly (*Pradhi*), rim (*Nemi*), body of the chariot (*Kośa*), seat (*Bandhura*, also *Garta*), pole (*Ishā*), yoke (*Yuga*), a movable stand to hold the chariot (*Rathavahana*) and the fore-part of a chariot (*Ratha-mukha*). The heavy country-cart was *Anas* or *Śakaṭī* (RV. X. 146.3).