Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c46.s4.11

v2.c46.s4.11

At any rate, the spectacular scientific achievements in the ancient India clearly show that not everything was dead in the intellectual plane. Whereas Śaṅkara ridiculed Kaṇāda’s atomic theory, Śubhagupta commented that if atoms are to be doubted on the ground that these are not demonstratable like macroscopic objects, then one should doubt the human mind also!