[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Minerals and Metals in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996) › v2.c33.8 # Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c33.8 Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c33.8 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c33.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c33.8) Whereas \*Rasaśāstra\* or Indian alchemy indulged in an extravaganza of wild concepts such as conversion of base metals to gold, discovering a drug for immortality and so on, the subsequent literatures on iatrochemistry became more realistic. \*Rasaratnasamuccaya\* of the early fourteenth century AD period, is a pinnacle of Indian iatrochemistry and discussed in our penultimate chapter 9. - [Previous: v2.c33.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c33.7) - [Next: v2.c33.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c33.9) - [Up: v2.c33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c33) ## Cites (1) - [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.samuccaya.pramukha.rasaratnasamuccaya) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c33.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c33.8) · Pramāṇa