[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) › c2.229 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.229 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.229 - **Language:** English ### [c2.229](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.229) Not only these corroborative data from the side of the Yavanas, but also some of the details mentioned in our works with reference to the \*Ākāśa-yantras\*, such as seating capacity, travelling range, difference in speed, accidents, materials and methods of manufacture and various Kings' curiosity about and fondness for these show that we are no longer in the regions of the Puranic \*Pushpakavimāna\*, but in the world of actual fact. - [Previous: c2.228](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.228) - [Next: c2.230](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.230) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.229](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.229) · Pramāṇa