Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c33.7

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A millennium of the *Ratnaśāstra* texts is the subject-matter of chapter 7, in which the large variety of gems mentioned in the Sanskrit texts have been discussed from the modern scientific standpoint. Similarly, the *Rasaśāstra* texts dealing with chemical and metallic transformations, which evolved over centuries, have been discussed in chapter 8.