For the past twenty years, Infinity Foundation based in Princeton, USA, has pioneered many areas of research concerning India’s civilization. Among these has been the 20 volume series on the History of Indian Science and Technology, of which this volume is a part. It policy has been to work with world class scientists, archaeologists and historians to produce works at the highest standards.
India has a glorious past in various spheres of social and economic development. Indians have been the pioneers in Mathematics, Astronomy, Medicine, Neuroscience, Taxonomy, Yoga, Architecture, Water Management and a number of similar areas. However, most of that has been either misrepresented or has remained shrouded under a well-thought strategy of those who were inimical to the India’s glorious past. What is being ignored is the well-documented corpus of India’s significant contributions in fields of Science and Technology.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR O C Handa
Born in Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) on 2nd October 1936, Dr. O.C. Handa is an outstanding scholar, connoisseur of art and a persistent adventurer. In his exploratory pursuits, he has successively undertaken several expeditions to the far-flung pockets in the Western Himalayan region upto the border of Tibet, mostly on foot. This underscores his interest and zeal in exploring antique but extant sources of history, art and culture of this region. Dr. Handa did his post-graduation in History from University of Mysore, Ph.D. from Meerut University and D.Litt. from Agra University – his speciality being the Buddhist Archaeology of the Western Himalayan region. Besides articles, research papers and radio and T.V. performances, he has numerous books on art, history and culture of the Western Himalayan region to his credit. Dr. Handa was a fellow of Himachal Academy of Art, Languages & Culture, Shimla during 1984-1986; of Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi during 1991-1993; and of Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla during 1996-1998.
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