Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.42

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⁸ See D. B. SPOONER, “The Zoroastrian Period of Indian History,” (*J. R. A. S.* 1915, pp. 63-89, 405-455); the theory of Persepolitan influence in Mauryan architecture is worked out here. On Asura Maya as Ahura Mazda, see *ibid.*, pp. 80-89. See also Archæological Report, Government of India, 1912-13; 1913-14. GRUNDWELL and BURGESS, *Buddhist Art in India*, p. 17. On Persepolis as a channel of influence and contact between India and Assyria, see KENNEDY, “Early Commerce of Babylon with India, 700-300 B.C.”, *J. R. A. S.* April 1898, p. 283.