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The present volume embodies a collection of articles grouped into themes which are varied in their scope and orientation. The articles are categorized into four broad sections high-lighting on philosophical and methodological issues, specific contexts of India's prehistory to early history, material practices and technological heritage and ethnological links. A number of well-known scholars have contributed articles to make this a rich and informative volume ...
This book has grown out of a UGC Major Project on Pharmacy in the Sanskrit Treatises on Rasayana in Eastern India awarded to the Editors in 2005. Rasayana, a sub-discipline of Ayurveda, gradually got transformed into Alchemy, the protoscience preceding Chemistry.In this monograph, an obscure text, the Suvarnatantra of the 16th century has been deciphered. The original Sanskrit text, its translation and interpretations by the research team have been incorporated. ...
This book offers a reading of the early history of technological advancement in the Indian subcontinent from a historical view point. The time covered in the book spans the period from the first days of settled humah society to the advent of the Iron Age. Three major aspects of technological break through have been surveyed : Animal husbandry, agriculture and metallurgy. These three were the main determinants of the course of development that took human ...