[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.c40.1 # Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c40.1 Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c40.1 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c40.1) PĀṆINI’S Aṣṭādhyāyī is a veritable store-house of information (Vasu, 1891) on Sanskrit language and ancient India. We learn quite a lot about minerals and metals in ancient India from Pāṇini, who illustrated his grammatical rules by referring to the words of a very great diversity including scientific and technical words (Katre, 1968; vide Appendix ‘C’). - [Previous: v2.c39.s10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c39.s10.17) - [Next: v2.c40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c40.2) - [Up: v2.c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c40) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c40.1) · Pramāṇa