[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) › c2.93 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.93 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.93 - **Language:** English ### [c2.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.93) The Yavanas referred to being Greeks is rendered probable by two circumstances; one the antiquity of the yantras, particularly of war, in India, going through Kauṭilya to the epic literature itself, and the other, the evidence available on the Greeks and automata; there are numerous correspondences that can be fully appreciated only after we deal with the material found in Somadeva and Bhoja, for which reason I have reserved them to the end. - [Previous: c2.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.92) - [Next: c2.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.94) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.93) · Pramāṇa