History of Ancient India: Volume IX: Science and Technology, Medicine
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Published by Aryan Books International, 2023
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Contents: Foreword. Editor's Preface. 1. History of Indian Physical and Chemical Thought/S.C. Kak. 2. Physical and Mathematical Thought in Ancient India: The Rigvedic and Related Evidence/Soma Basu. 3. History of Chemical Thoughts in Ancient India/A. Basu. 4. Numerals in Ancient and Medieval India/P.K. Majumdar. 5. Arithmetic – The Indian Way/R. Chakraborty. 6. Algebra/P.K. Majumdar. 7. Geometry in Ancient and Medieval Ages/S. Chatterjee. 8. Trigonometry in Ancient and Medieval India/P.K. Majumdar. 9. Indian Calculus and its Journey to the West/R. Chakraborty. 10. History of Ancient Indian Astronomy/A. Sarkar. 11. Astronomical Manuscripts and Ideas in India/S. Chatterjee and A. Sarkar. 12. Indian Megaliths and Astronomy: Evidence from South India/K.P. Rao. 13. Geographical Thoughts in Ancient India: Envisioning Cosmology and Nature/Rana P.B. Singh. 14. Sacred Geography of Hindu Holy Places/Rana P.B. Singh and Pravin Singh Rana. 15. Water Management in Ancient India/T. Prasad. 16. Water Management Technologies of the Gonds of Central India/K.G. Vyas. 17. Water Management System in Peninsular India: A Case Study of Sluice Technology/K. Rajan. 18. From Alexander’s Invasion to the Guptas: The Military Thought and Planning in Ancient India/K. Ray. 19. Textile Technology in Ancient India/P. Gaurav. 20. The Ancient Manuscript Tradition of India: The Technology of Manuscript Preparation with Special Reference to Odisha/P. Bhoi. 21. Ancient Indian Pottery Manufacturing Technology/S.S. Rai. 22. Ancient Indian Metallurgy/A. Suri. 23. The Early Use of Copper and Its Alloys and Iron in Ancient India (From the Beginning to the 12th Century CE)/S. Ray, A. Sarkar and R.K. Chattopadhyay. 24. Notes on Lead and Silver in Ancient India/R. Nanda Mathew. 25. The Early History of Gold in India/R. Nanda Mathew. 26. Thelunganur: The Evidence of Production of Ultrahigh Carbon Crucible Steel/K. Rajan. 27. The History of Medicine in Ancient India (From the Beginning to the 13th Century AD)/A. Sarkar and R.K. Chattopadhyay. Index. The achievements of ancient India in the fields of science, technology and medicine have been highlighted in this volume. The various dimensions of ancient Indian mathematics (including calculus), physical and chemical thoughts, astronomical ideas and notions of geography have been clearly brought forward in the ‘science’ section of the book. In the technology section, metallurgy has received detailed, metal-by-metal analysis and this has been supplemented by articles on water-management, textile technology, manuscript preparation, etc. Both the theoretical and surgical dimensions of the ancient Indian medical system have also been clearly discussed. On the whole, the present volume offers a detailed perspective on the issues of ancient Indian mathematical thoughts and ideas of physics, chemistry, and geography and related issues along with both the theoretical and practical features of ancient Indian medical knowledge. The articles on technology also give an objective analysis of many aspects of ancient Indian technological system.…
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- History of Ancient India: Volume IX: Science and Technology, Medicine
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- edited by Dilip K. Chakrabarti
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- Aryan Books International
- Publication year
- 2023
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- New
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- Hardcover
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- English
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- 8173054886
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- 9788173054884
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- Book 9 of 11: History of Ancient India
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