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History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c27.s2.12

History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c27.s2.12

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v1.c27.s2.12

| Author | Work/Book | Period | Availability with source/comment |
| Not known | *Atharvaveda* | Vedic | *Available, contains some information on veterinary matters |
| Śālihotra | *Aśvāyurveda* *Siddhayoga* *Saṃgraha* | Epic | Some portion of original work available in Sarsvati Mahal Library, Tanjore. Other parts available in Kashmir, Nepal, Calcutta, Lucknow, Baroda English translation - 2 copies available in British Museum, London and Berlin Library. Translated in Arabic, Kitab-ul-Vitrat by Saiyad Abdulla Khan Feroz Jung. Translated in Tibetan, exists in Tibetan grab in encyclopaedia called Tangyur |
| Pālakāpya | *Hasthyāurveda* | Epic (Rāmāyaṇa) | *Available |
| Rājaputra? | Epic | | Book not available, but search among available manuscripts in Kashmir, Nepal, and amongst Jains of Gujarat may be useful |
| Nakul | *Vaidyaka* *Sarvasva*, *Aśva* *Cikitsā* | Epic (Mahābhārata) -do- | Not available *Available |
| Sahadeva | *Vyādisindhu* *Vimardana* | Epic (Mahābhārata) | Not available |
| Bṛhaspati | *Bṛhaspatimātā* | Epic | Available in Government Oriental Manuscript Library, Madras |
| Vyāsa (Vaiśām- pāyaṇa) | *Aśvāyurveda*, *Sāra Sindhu*, *Gajaśāstram*, *Gajalakṣaṇa*, *Cikitsā* | Epic | Available in S.M. Library, Tanjore |
| Garga | Work on treatment of horses referred to in book on medical science *Pryoga* *Ratnākara* and in *Matsya Purāṇa* | Epic | Palm-leaf manuscript available in Ravanshaw Library, Cuttack (Orissa) |

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