[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) › c2.159 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.159 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.159 - **Language:** English ### [c2.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.159) The \*Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra\* ascribed to Bhoja is, in many ways, a rare treatise in Sanskrit literature; besides the \*Arthaśāstra\*, it is the only theoretical text that has substantial information on our subject; its value, however, is greater than that of the \*Arthaśāstra\*, as Bhoja goes into the details of the construction of these yantras and explains at the beginning the principles underlying yantras. - [Previous: c2.158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.158) - [Next: c2.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.160) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) ## Linked texts (2) - [Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.samaranganasutradhara) — Bhoja, Sanskrit - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.159) · Pramāṇa