[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) › c2.170 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.170 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.170 - **Language:** English ### [c2.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.170) ³⁵ \*The Life of Apollonius of Tyana\* by Philostratus (c. 217 A.D.) has references to Brahmans and the employment of mechanically contrived figures for service and mechanical singing birds. (THORNDIKE, \*op. cit.\*, Vol. I, pp. 250-66, especially 252 and 266). - [Previous: c2.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.169) - [Next: c2.171](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.171) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.170) · Pramāṇa