[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) › c2.70 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.70 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.70 - **Language:** English ### [c2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.70) And before the \*Triśūla\* and \*Cakra\*, which are known, there occurs the \*Śataghni\*, the centicide, which is mentioned in all descriptions of warfare in old literature, but as to the exact nature of which there is difference of opinion. Bhaṭṭasvāmin takes it as a huge, cannon-like, cylindrical thing 'with wheels, placed on the parapet. - [Previous: c2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.69) - [Next: c2.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.71) - [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.c2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.70) · Pramāṇa