History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c4.13

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The volume gives an idea of some of the important technological practices that developed despite social limitations. This has created also gaps and uncovered areas for study. It is hoped that these gaps will be filled up by experts in future. The work is an out-come of a collaborative effort. The editor is concious of the difficulties for editing such a volume in which a large number of experts and their perceptions are involved. All efforts have been made to make it meaningful and interesting. The editor is indeed thankful to all the contributors for their co operation. However, he will be thankful for any suggestion for improvement. He expresses his sincere gratitude to the members of the Advisory Board (ancient period) and the Indian National Commission for History of Science for general advice and guidance from time to time. He is equally grateful to Dr. N.R. Banerjee & Prof. S.K. Mukherjee for active help & many valuable suggestions. Thanks are also due to Mr. R.N. Ghosh, Mrs Shabnam Shukla, Mrs Kiran Arora & Mr. K. Jayan of the Indian National Science Academy for their ready support in sorting out documents and all possible help. I am no less thankful to Ms. Sharmila Ghosh who has helped in the computerisation of the volume.