History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c35.s1.31
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As for the wheeled chair, only the Nagarjunakonda sculpture reveals a wheeled chair. Pāṇini mentions a wheeled chair (Parpa) used by the disabled persons. (Krishna Murthy p. 43). Probably, the utility of the chair depicted in the sculpture may be different from that known to Pāṇini.
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- Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit
- Nāgārjunakoṇḍa