[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) › c2.42 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.42 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.42 - **Language:** English ### [c2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.42) 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. - [Previous: c2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.41) - [Next: c2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.43) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.42) · Pramāṇa