Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c44.s6.4

v2.c44.s6.4

| 600 BC | Sāṃkhya System of Philosophy, Kapila |
| 500 BC | Vaiśeṣika System of Kaṇāda |
| 400 BC | Āyurveda of Caraka and Suśruta (codified later) |
| 300 BC | Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya |
| 200 BC | Yoga system of Patañjali. Also Yājñavalkya |
| 1st century AD | Saṃhitās of Caraka and Suśruta codified |
| AD 50 | Atomic theory of the Jainas |
| 2nd century AD | Nyāyasūtra of Gautama and its commentary |
| AD 200 | Mādhyamika Philosophy and Rasaratnākara (RR) of Nāgārjuna. Was RR in present form compiled later in the 7th-8th century AD? |
| AD 270 | Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja |
| 4th century AD | Bower Manuscript of Ancient Medicine |
| 5th century AD | Kāmasūtra of Vātsāyana; Padārthadharmasaṃgraha of Praśastapāda |
| AD 450 | Amara-kośa or Nāmaliṅgānuśāsanam of Amarsiṃha |
| AD 499 | Āryabhaṭīya of Āryabhaṭa |
| AD 550 | Bṛhatsaṃhitā of Varāhamihira |
| **700-1300 AD : Tantric Period** | |
| 7th-8th century AD | Compilation of RR, the Buddhist text of Nāgārjuna (?) |