The Mauryan Polity c13.s10.8
The Mauryan Polity c13.s10.8
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(c) Metallurgy and alchemy are not recent growths in India as the learned German scholar would have it. It has been already shown¹ that there were ancient works on metallurgy and alchemy as is evidenced by the Kauṭalīya itself. It is a wrong reading of Indian history, to repeat what has been already said, that Indian culture began with or after Alexandar’s invasion to India. The Buddhist Jātakas,² the Rāmāyaṇa,³ and other ancient works, composed before Alexander invaded India, knew of different arts and crafts connected with metals.⁴