Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c44.s6.t2.1

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In the words of Ray (1956:158) the iatro-chemical period in India started in the thirteenth century AD after ‘the fantastic and extravagant (alchemical) ideas, impossible of realization, had subsided into something more practical and tangible’. We would end this chapter by mentioning three thirteenth century iatro-chemical texts; in the next chapter we would present the most important text of this category, Rasaratnasamuccaya which belongs to early fourteenth century AD.