[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.s3.3 # Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c44.s3.3 Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c44.s3.3 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c44.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c44.s3.3) Nāgārjuna compiled several medical texts related to metals and metallic salts: Lauhaśāstra, Kakṣapuṭatantra, Rasaratnākara (on which we would comment later), etc. Several medical recipes, based on haridrā (turmeric), abhra (mica), etc. and formulated by Nāgārjuna, used to be written on stone slabs in Pāṭaliputra for the public. (Mukhopadhyaya, 1923) - [Previous: v2.c44.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c44.s3.2) - [Next: v2.c44.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c44.s3.4) - [Up: v2.c44.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c44.s3) ## Cites (3) - [Lohaśāstra (Nāgārjuna)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.loha.lohasastra-nagarjuna) — Nāgārjuna, Sanskrit - [Rasaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.rasaratnakara) — Sāḷva, Kannada - [Kakṣapuṭatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.kamya.kaksaputa-works.kaksaputa) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c44.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c44.s3.3) · Pramāṇa