A Concise History of Science in India c3.2

c3.2

| | *Page* |
| Mathematical Knowledge as revealed in the *Saṃhitās*, the *Brāhmaṇas*, the *Vedāṅgas* and Related Literature | 138 |
| Jaina Mathematics | 157 |
| Mathematics of the Period Second to Eighteenth Century A.D. | 163 |
| Mathematical Contents of the Post-Vedic Period | 172 |
| Study of Arabic and Persian Mathematics in India | 204 |
| Interrelationship between Indian and Greek, Arabic and Chinese Mathematics and the part played by Indian Mathematics in European Renaissance | 209 |
| 4. MEDICINE *by* R. C. MAJUMDAR, *Historian, Ex-Vice-Chancellor, Dacca University* | 213 |
| *Āyurveda*: Origin and Antiquity | 213 |
| Indian Medicine in the Vedic Period | 216 |
| *Āyurveda*: The Special Treatises | 222 |
| *Āyurveda* and its Eight Classical Divisions: other Medical Systems of Ancient India | 227 |
| *Āyurveda*: Theories and Concepts | 235 |
| *Āyurveda*: Practice and Application | 245 |
| Veterinary Sciences | 254 |
| Spread of *Āyurveda* outside India | 257 |
| The *Āyurveda* in the Middle Age (A.D. 1200–1800) | 262 |
| Present Condition of *Āyurveda* | 266 |
| The *Unani Tibb* (Greek Medicine) in India *by* M. Z. SIDDIQI | 268 |
| 5. CHEMICAL PRACTICES AND ALCHEMY *by* B. V. SUBBARAYAPPA, *Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi* | 274 |
| Pre-Vedic Period (from prehistoric times to *c.* 1500 B.C.) | 275 |
| The Vedic Age | 283 |
| The Post-Vedic Period and the Classical Age | 290 |
| Alchemy | 309 |
| Chemical Technology in Medieval India | 338 |
| 6. AGRICULTURE *by* S. P. RAYCHAUDHURI, *formerly of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi*, LALLANJI GOPAL, *Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, and* B. V. SUBBARAYAPPA, *Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi* | 350 |