A Concise History of Science in India c18.6

c18.6

Birds, 413, 418, 421, 422 of Nepal, 531 *Birjhia*, iron-smelting tribe, 302 *Birs*, iron-smelting tribe, 302 al-Bīrūnī, 48, 51, 52, 53, 84, 85, 94, 130, 134, 206, 211 Bisauli, 12, 282 Blackbuck, 406, 410, 411 Black, Joseph, 274, 347 Blades, 289 Blanford, H. F., 502–4, 526, 603 Blanford, W. T., 525, 533, 534, 603 Blyth, E., 533–4 Boar, 419, 424, 443 Board of Scientific Advice, 566 Bogar, 335 *Bogarsūtiram*, 56 Boileu, J. T., 501 Boissière, 212 Bombay Natural History Society, 500 Bombelli, 157 Bose Institute, 558 Bose, J. C., 557–59, 605 Bose, Pramatha Nath, 526–27, 603 Botanical Garden, Saharanpur, 518 Botanical Garden, The Royal, 402, 492–93, 603 Botanical investigations, 514–20, 600 Botanical knowledge in the *Saṃhitās*, *Brāhmaṇas*, *Upaniṣads*, 376–78 Botanical Survey of India, 520, 601 Boudier, Father, French Jesuit, 102 Bourgignon d’Anville, 493, 601 Bovine āyurveda, 254–55 Bower Manuscript, 53 Boyle, Robert, 347 Brahmagiri, 9, 14, 291 Brahmagupta, 51, 84, 86, 90, 94, 95–97, 104, 125, 134, 158, 166, 168, 169, 180, 181, 183, 184, 186, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 198, 199, 200, 211, 584, 586 Brahmagupta's lemma, 166, 193 *Brāhmaṇas*, division of the Vedic literature, 20–21 *Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa*, 36 *Brahma Purāṇa*, 36 *Brahma-siddhānta*, 96 *Brāhma-siddhānta-vāsanābhāṣya*, 98 *Brāhmasphuṭa-siddhānta*, 51, 85, 86, 94, 95, 96–97, 134, 166, 211, 586 *Brahmasūtra*, 27 *Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa*, 36 Brahminy Duck, 421 Brethren of Purity, 312