Ghatiyantra was used in early medieval India for:

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  1. Conducting Tantric situals.
  2. Irrigation from wells.
  3. Manufacturing metal vessels.
  4. Pouring of water for sacrificial-rituals.

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Option 2 : Irrigation from wells.
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  • The Persian wheel is described as Araghatta in the Sanskrit texts, ara means spoke and ghatta means pot.
  • The ghati yantra is also described as “cakka – vattaka” in the Panchtantra and Rajataringini.
  • Hence the Ghatiyantra was used in the early medieval period for irrigation
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