[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) › c2.43 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.43 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.43 - **Language:** English ### [c2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.43) The \*Arthaśāstra\* of Kauṭilya is one of the books of culture which throw a flood of light on the particular epochs in which they arose. This work of \*c.\* 300 B.C. being a treatise on statecraft, speaks of yantras in connection mainly with battles, but also with architecture to some extent. An early work, a theoretical treatise and a text of great reputation, the \*Arthaśāstra\* forms our most valuable document on the subject of yantras. - [Previous: c2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.42) - [Next: c2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.44) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.43) · Pramāṇa