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A Sequel to his widely acclaimed Minerals and Metals in Ancient India, in two volumes, (1996), Professor Biswas here continues with the fascinating story of indigenous gems, non-gem minerals, metals and metallic art : from 1200 AD onwards to almost the threshold of modern times Beginning with a view of medieval India's enchanting gems, its highly dexterous diamond mining, and an array of non-gem minerals including, among others, metallic ores of copper, lead, ...
Dr. Mahendralal Sircar (1833-1904) founded the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) in 1876 which eventually produced India’s first Nobel Laureate in Science. The ‘past’ that has been ‘gleaned’ in this book corresponds to the scientific and cultural movements of the period 1869-1908. The focus of this monograph is the collection of diaries maintained by Mahendralal since 1873 and by his son Amritalal starting in 1884. Mahendralal’s ...
The Asiatic Society, Calcutta, has been conducting, every year, intensive short courses in the area of history of science. The present monograph, History, Science and Society in the Indian Context is a compilation of some of the lectures delivered by experts on various facets of the broad theme. 23 articles contributed by 20 authors have been classified in this book under six sections : general observations, science in the ancient world, S & T in pre-modern ...
Archaeology seeks to reconstruct the past by critically analyzing various archaeo-remains such as artifacts, monuments, fossils etc. While much of what archaeology teaches, such as the postulates regarding the origin of the universe, social organization in pre-historic times, the division of time periods etc., rightfully belong to the domain of conjecture, the ever-increasing use of tools derived from the various sciences – in particular the material and ...
In two volumes, the book tells the fascinating, coherently woven story of the minerals and metals--from across the entire subcontinental sprawl of the old-world India (including Pakistan and Bangladesh). Covering a vast span of over five millennia: from the pre-Harappan chalcolithic sites, like Mehargarh, Mundigak and Ganeshwar to about AD 1200, Volume I is a brilliant effort to unravel the mysteries of 'archaeo-materials'--with scientific inquiry into ...