[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997) › v1.c19.20 # History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c19.20 History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c19.20 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.20) The seventy-seventh chapter of the \*Bṛhatsamhita\* which has in all thirty-seven verses is entitled \*gandhayukti\*. It prescribes recipes for blackening hair, scented water fit for washing king’s head, varieties of scented oil, incense, toilet powder, a great number of combinations of perfumes, scented tooth-sticks and betel-leaves with areca-nut (Bhatt 1982, Part.II, pp 704-718). - [Previous: v1.c19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.19) - [Next: v1.c19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.21) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bṛhatsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.brhatsamhita) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.20) · Pramāṇa