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# Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.6

Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.6

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### [v2.c43.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.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 |

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## Cites (17)

- [Cullavagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.cullavagga) — Pāli
- [Mahāvagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.mahavagga) — Pāli
- [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit
- [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.samuccaya.pramukha.rasaratnasamuccaya) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit
- [Rājanighaṇṭu (Nighaṇṭurāja, Abhidhānacūḍāmaṇi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.namaguna.pramukha.rajanighantu) — Narahari Paṇḍita, Sanskrit
- [Bṛhatsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.brhatsamhita) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit
- [Vṛddhayavanajātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.vrddhayavanajataka) — Mīnarāja, Sanskrit
- [Āyāraṃga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.1) — Sudharman, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit
- [Cilappatikāram](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sangam.five_great_epics.cilappatikaram) — Iḷaṅkō Aṭikaḷ, Tamil
- [Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana (Amarakośa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.amarakosa*bo) — Classical Tibetan
- [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana) — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit
- [Aṃgavijjā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.painna.angavijja) — Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit
- [Mānasollāsa (Abhilaṣitārthacintāmaṇi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.manasollasa) — Someśvara III, Sanskrit
- [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit
- [Maṇimālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.ratna.manimala) — Saurīndramohana Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit
- [Ratnaparīkṣā of Ṭhakkura Pheru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.ratna.pheru) — Ṭhakkura Pheru, Apabhraṃśa

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