04-07-2006, 03:55 AM
According to Arthashastra by L.N. Rangarajan
<b>Mobile Catapult</b>
Asphatima - A mobile Catapult.
Rest are <b>mobile machine</b>
Talavrinta - A machine to raise wind dust
Panchalika - A wooden plank studded with nails and placed in the moat
Sukarika - A leather bag filled with cotton or wool placed around turrets
Hastivaraka - A pike with mulitple points for use against Elephant
Mudgara - Hammer (thrown by machines)
Satagni - A movable pillar studded with nails
Spriktala - Mace with sharp nails
Devadanda - A beam, with or without nails, placed on top of the fort wall.
<b>Fixed machine</b>
Sarvatobhadra - A machine like a cart-wheel for thowing stones.
Jamadagnya - A machine to shoot arrows.
Samghatika - A machine with long poles to set fire to attacking mobile turrets.
Yanaka - A rotating machine to throw logs
Bahumukha - A tower for archers (with many holes to shoot from)
Visvasaghatin - A beam, released by a mechanism, so as to fall on attackers.
<b>Mobile Catapult</b>
Asphatima - A mobile Catapult.
Rest are <b>mobile machine</b>
Talavrinta - A machine to raise wind dust
Panchalika - A wooden plank studded with nails and placed in the moat
Sukarika - A leather bag filled with cotton or wool placed around turrets
Hastivaraka - A pike with mulitple points for use against Elephant
Mudgara - Hammer (thrown by machines)
Satagni - A movable pillar studded with nails
Spriktala - Mace with sharp nails
Devadanda - A beam, with or without nails, placed on top of the fort wall.
<b>Fixed machine</b>
Sarvatobhadra - A machine like a cart-wheel for thowing stones.
Jamadagnya - A machine to shoot arrows.
Samghatika - A machine with long poles to set fire to attacking mobile turrets.
Yanaka - A rotating machine to throw logs
Bahumukha - A tower for archers (with many holes to shoot from)
Visvasaghatin - A beam, released by a mechanism, so as to fall on attackers.