Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.177

c2.177

Another chronometer-like object is described in Verses 70-71: there is a rider on a chariot, an elephant or any other animal; for a fixed time, say, a *Nāḍikā*, the rider on his mount goes round and at the end of the *Nāḍikā*, the chronometer strikes.