[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) › c2.11 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.11 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.11 - **Language:** English ### [c2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.11) The explanation for the loss of ancient technological knowledge advanced by another scholar, Shri V. R. R. Dikshitar, the author of \*War in Ancient India\*, is the secrecy with which certain arts and sciences were guarded, lest, he believes, the popular knowledge of them lead to abuse and disturb the peace of mankind. Certainly the modern world can appreciate the value of such a sense of responsibility in the possessors of dangerous knowledge! - [Previous: c2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.10) - [Next: c2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.12) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.11) · Pramāṇa