Nupur Dasgupta (68 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: New. Indian Medicinal Plants in the Shifting Terrains of Science traces the medical and botanical reconnaissance of indigenous medicinal plants in nineteenth-century Bengal and observes their integration into the framework of modern science. These processes involved critical inroads into mapping the natural world and building foundations for the disciplines of medicine and botany in the colonies. Varied and diachronic processes of scientific review of the colony's natural resources were concurrent with rapid epistemological advances on the global scene and a simultaneous build-up of utilitarian colonial configurations. This led to the eventual budding of critical nationalist and popular indigenous responses and actions, making way for a history of convergence between opposing, contrasting, balancing and adaptive forces of intellection within both the indigenous and non-indigenous spheres. The present volume arose from a deeply felt need to draw attention to the critical issues of engagements and disjuncture between science and environment as well as the increasing endangerment of medicinal plants in the present era. The documentation of this journey also sheds light on these silent species before irretrievable changes render them into oblivion. This volume on Indigenous medicinal plants focuses on one of the environmental issues covered by the 'Reconnecting with Nature' seriesflora, fauna, river systems and urban ecology.…

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Introduction. I. Tribute to Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray: 1. A scientist in the world of Indology: initiation of the new chapter on pre modern history of science in India/Nupur Dasgupta. 2. Framing a history of Hindu chemistry: the influence of nineteenth century historiography of chemistry on Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray/Dhruv Raina. II. Science under the lens of history: 3. Merely solving puzzles or seeking truth? Some reflections on truth science, and related matters/Santanu Chacerverti. 4. Engaging with modern science and religious orthodoxy in contemporary Islam/S. Irfan Habib. 5. Swadeshi science and P.C. Ray's Bengal chemical and pharmaceutical works/Amit Bhattacharyya. III. Of technology and social history: 6. Technology of print past and the nation: vernacular print and its role in shaping Assamese linguistic nation/Sudeshna Purkavastha. 7. Indigenous technique and artisanal works: blacksmiths in colonial Rarh Bengal/Achintya Kumar Dutta. 8. Technology and handicraft production: experience of the leather workers of Bengal: 1870-1947/Supti Raha. 9. Assistive technology: the stages of accessibility in persons with disabilities/Bubai Bag. IV. Medicine and society: 10. Institutional care for the sick: the concept of hospital in early India/Sukla Das. 11. A bridge for passing: journey of indigenous medicine in a world of medical pluralism in Bengal 1870s to 1930s/Nupur Dasgupta. 12. Ayurveda and the emergence of indigenous pharmaceutical industry in the twentieth century India/Sutapa Saha Mitra. 13. The Indian health scenario: a stock-taking of six decades/Siddhartha Gupta. Index. The present volume comprising thirteen articles covers aspects the history of science technology and medicine from the ancient to the modern period. It focuses on the scope and cultural orientations in science, history of different branches of colonial India. The role of technology in cultural nationalism, the scene of plural medicine in colonial Bengal and evolution of some indigenous pharmaceutical companies have been discussed in the discourse. It includes articles on the emerging role of assistive technology for the disabled a critique of government policy on healthcare in contemporary India and the history of healthcare institutions in ancient India. It will be of interest to researchers and general readers.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. This book highlights emerging trends and new themes in South Asian history. It covers issues broadly related to religion, materiality and nature from differing perspectives and methods to offer a kaleidoscopic view of Indian history until the late eighteenth century. The essays in the volume focus on understanding questions of premodern religion, material culture processes and their spatial and environmental contexts through a study of networks of commodities and cultural and religious landscapes. From the early history of coastal regions such as Gujarat and Bengal to material networks of political culture, from temples and their connection with maritime trade to the importance of landscape in influencing temple-building, from regions considered peripheral to mainstream historiography to the development of religious sects, this collection of articles maps the diverse networks and connections across regions and time.The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of history, archaeology, museum and heritage studies, religion, especially Hinduism, Sufism and Buddhism, and South Asian studies.…

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