Samarangana Sutradhara

The (literally "The Battlefield's Stage Manager" or "The Architect of the Warfield") is an ancient Sanskrit treatise on architecture (Vastu Shastra), town planning, and mechanical engineering. Composed by the Paramara king Bhoja of Malwa (r. c. 1010–1055 CE), it is one of the most comprehensive and remarkable encyclopedic works on these subjects from medieval India.

Aerial vehicles or flying machines. While modern scholars debate whether these were actual blueprints or theoretical concepts, the text describes their construction using wood, mercury, and heat, emphasizing the "art of making the inanimate appear animate." samarangana sutradhara

The : Nine emotional states that a painting should evoke in a viewer. The (literally "The Battlefield's Stage Manager" or "The