[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952) › c2.102 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.102 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.102 - **Language:** English ### [c2.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.102) The son, who is the actual character figuring in the narrative, and is said to excel his father, is credited with the following achievements, the description of which forms a brief treatise on yantras. Lalitālaya created mechanical men and arranged for the exhibition of a mock-duel between them; he created an artificial cloud and brought down heavy showers; with yantras, he exhibited magic; he devised a machine for war from which shafts as stout as pestles were discharged by him on the heads of elephants. - [Previous: c2.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.101) - [Next: c2.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.103) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.102) · Pramāṇa