Covering a span of nearly 5,000 years, the book seeks to offer a holistic account of the highly complex strands of Indian science, literature, and art. Beginning with a brief overview of Indian civilization, the author considers the status and achievements of biology, medicine, chemistry, metallurgy, mathematics, and physics in ancient and medieval India. And also, besides a discussion of the lyrical poetry of the Vedas, he finally comes to focus on India’s ...