History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c40.34

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Siṅghbhum copper, 32 Śiśupālgarh, 522, 538 Śivatattvaratnākara, 323 Slags, 253, 255 Sluices, 566-570 Smelting, 103-113, 138-139,255 Smithy, 165-169 Soanian/ Sohanian culture, 6 Social and Economic history, 703 Social change, 435 Social factors agricultural surplus, 688 anvikṣikī, 692 autochthonous vedic culture, 682 bronze-age technology, 682-683 caste, 691 civil war, 680 decay, 698-700 Ganga-Vindhya culture, 679 gradual diffusion, 686-687 iron age, 683-686, 688-690 mature Harappan culture, 679-682 medieval decadence, 696-697 paradigm, 678-681 power structure, 692-694 pre-Harappan culture, 678-682 Rgvedic warriors, 683 second urbanisation, 683-686 sothi culture, 679 urbanisation, 695-696 Social formation, 435 Social life, 637 Soil, 398-400 Soma, 438-441 Sothi culture, 679 Sowing, 402-404 Spinning, 388 Spirituous fermentation, 438-440 Spring channels, 572 Steatite beads, 231-232 Steel crucible steel, 50 wootz steel, 50 Stone Age, 1, 4-14,26 Stone age culture, 26 abbevillian, 6 acheulian, 7 blade, 9-14, 26 chellean, 7 core, 12-14 flaking, 1, 3, 5, 9-12 levallois techniques, 2, 16-20 percussion hammer, 4, 6 tool-making, 1, 16-21,27 Stone age tools blade, 9-14,26 bone, 21, 27 chopper, 4 chopping, 4 cleaver, 8 core, 12-14 flake, 3, 9-14, handaxe, 5, 8 Stone and rock architecture, 506-509 Studding of gems, 620-621 Stupa, 621 Sugarcane processing, 468-470 Sugarcane roller mill, 473 Sukla Yajurveda, 323, 447 Sukranīti, 489, 523 Sun temple, 171 Sūpa Śāstra, 476 Surgical techniques caustic application, 329-330 clinical surgery, 327-328 foetal malpresentatio, 334-335 hernia, 340 hydrocle, 335-340 intestinal obstruction, 333-334 instruments, 335-338 piles and fistula, 328-330 plastic surgery, 340-342 plasterin, 328 treatment, 339-342 urinary calculi, 332 Suśruta Saṃhitā, 174, 286, 299, 323, 343, 447, Tāḍa-patra, 641-642 Tamil culture, 474, 476