Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c46.s4.9

v2.c46.s4.9

Chattopadhyaya (1976: 256-70) has discussed why the intellectuals of the ancient India, not only Brahmagupta, but also Kaṇāda, Caraka, Gautama, Vātsyāyana, Varāhamihira, etc. chose not to go against the Brāhmaṇic or the Vedic concepts and ideals. According to Chattopadhyaya, theirs was an act of ‘subterfuge, a technique of evading inquisition’. He further observed that even in the modern world there are scientists who believe in matter as well as the divine (Newton and Einstein believed in God) and that ‘they have split personalities’.