[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.c19.32 # History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c19.32 History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c19.32 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.32) Patañjali in his Mahābhāṣya, II.1.1. refers to campaka and mallikā flowers. Mahabharata, III. 155 contains a description of gandhamādana forest which is pervaded with inebriating fragrance of flowers of trees and plants such as \*āmra\*, \*ketaka\*, \*bakula\*, \*punnāga\*, \*pātala\*, \*mandara\*, \*indīvara\*, \*pārijāta\*, \*devadāru\*, \*kumuda\*, \*kalhāra\* and others. The \*Bṛhatsaṃhitā\*, LXXVII, 6, mentions a process for manufacturing synthetic \*campakagandhaitaila\*. - [Previous: v1.c19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.31) - [Next: v1.c19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.33) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19) ## Linked texts (2) - [Bṛhatsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.brhatsamhita.77.6) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.155) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.32) · Pramāṇa