[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.c44.8 # Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c44.8 Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c44.8 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c44.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c44.8) The Buddhist schools accepted the atomic view of matter with some qualifications. According to the Jainas, interlinking between atoms and molecules in \*pudgala\* or matter must precede all compound formations: \*aṇu\* (atom) to \*skandha\* (aggregate). (Ray, Priyada, 1956: 46-47; Sikdar, 1970) A detailed presentation of the atomic theory and chemical combination found in Umāsvāmī’s (c. AD 40). \*Tattvārthādhigama-sūtra\* bears some crude resemblance to the ‘dualistic hypothesis’ of Berzelius, propounded in the nineteenth century. - [Previous: v2.c44.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c44.7) - [Next: v2.c44.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c44.9) - [Up: v2.c44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c44) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c44.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c44.8) · Pramāṇa