Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.6

v2.c43.6

| End of the 4th century BC | *Kauṭlīya Arthaśāstra* (AS) |
| 300 BC | *Mahāvagga/Cullavagga* references to Beryl |
| 200 BC | Jaina Canonical text *Ācāraṅga Sūtra* |
| End of 2nd century AD | Tamil text *Śilappadikaram* |
| AD 270 | *Yavanajātaka* of Sphujidhvaja. The earlier Greek text dated AD 150 |
| 4th century AD | *Aṅgavijjā*, the text in Prākṛt on prognostication, *Kāmasūtra* of Vātsyāyana |
| AD 450 | *Amarakośa* (AK), the lexicon of Amarasiṃha |
| AD 505 | *Bṛhat Saṃhitā* (Br. Sam.) of Varāhamihiṛa |
| Early 6th century AD | *Ratnaparīkṣā* (RP) of Budhabhaṭṭa |
| Late 6th century AD | *Agastimata* (AM) |
| 8th century AD | *Nitisāra* and *Garuḍa Purāṇa* (GP) |
| AD 1075 | *Yukitkalpataru* of Bhoja |
| AD 1130 | *Mānasollāsa* (ML) of Someśvara |
| AD 1250 | *Rājanighaṇṭu* (RN) of Narahari |
| AD 1260 | *Navaratnaparīkṣā* (NRP) of Nārāyaṇa |
| 13th century AD | *Rasaratnasamuccaya* (RRS) of Vāgabhaṭācārya. |
| AD 1315 | *Rayaṇaparikkhā* (RYP) of Ṭhakkura Pherū |
| AD 1879 | *Maṇimālā* (MM), compilation by S.M. Tagore |