[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.c35 # Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c35: Contents Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c35 - **Language:** English ### Contents ### [v2.c35.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.1) Preface . . . . . v ### [v2.c35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.2) Acknowledgement . . . . . vii ### [v2.c35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.3) List of Tables . . . . . xi ### [v2.c35.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.4) List of Illustrations . . . . . xiii ### [v2.c35.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.5) Abbreviations . . . . . xv ### [v2.c35.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.6) 1. Introduction . . . . . 1 ### [v2.c35.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.7) 2. Materials and Metals in the \*Ṛgveda\* . . . . . 5 ### [v2.c35.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.8) 3. Minerals and Metals in the Vedic Literature after \*Ṛgveda\* ......... 15 ### [v2.c35.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.9) 4. Materials and Concepts in Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī . . . . . 29 ### [v2.c35.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.10) 5. Minerals and Metals in Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra . . . . . 39 ### [v2.c35.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.11) 6. Minerals and Metals in the Indian Epics from an Archaeological Viewpoint . . . . . 57 ### [v2.c35.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.12) 7. A Millennium of Ratnaśāstra (Gemmology) Literature in India ... 69 ### [v2.c35.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.13) 8. Non-Gem Minerals and Metals in the Ancient Texts Culminating to Rasaśāstra . . . . . 125 ### [v2.c35.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.14) 9. Rasaratnasamuccaya — A Pinnacle in the Indian Iatro-Chemistry . . . . . 153 ### [v2.c35.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.15) 10. Resumé . . . . . 177 ### [v2.c35.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.16) Coloured Illustrations . . . . . 187 ### [v2.c35.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.17) APPENDICES ### [v2.c35.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.18) A. Scientific Information on the Minerals Used in the Ancient Period of Human History 199 ### [v2.c35.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.19) B. Words Related to Minerals and Metals in the Rgveda. Additional Technical Terms in the other Vedic Literatures 213 ### [v2.c35.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.20) C. Technical Terms Related to Minerals and Metals Mentioned in Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī 221 ### [v2.c35.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.21) D. Some Typical Technical Words in Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 235 ### [v2.c35.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.22) E. Some Technical Words in the Post-Christian Era Indian Literature Related to Minerals and Metals 243 ### [v2.c35.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.23) Bibliography 251 ### [v2.c35.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35.24) | 7.1 | Some Indian Texts Containing References to Gemmology (\*Ratnaśāstra\*) | 70 | | 7.2 | Gem Categories of Importance in the Ancient World | 72 | | 8.1 | Chronological Account of Principal \*Rasaśāstra\* Texts. | 141 | | Chap. 9 | Extracts from \*Rasaratnasamuccaya\* | 171 | --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c35) · Pramāṇa