A Concise History of Science in India c5.1

c5.1

THE source materials on the basis of which attempts have been made in this book to present a connected account of the development of science in India largely comprise archaeological findings, the vast range of the Sanskrit literature originating from the Vedic times, the canonical as well as the secular literature of the Buddhists and the Jainas, Arabic and Persian works, and secondary sources representing scholarly studies, interpretations and analyses of these materials. The scientific and technical writings, both primary and secondary, have formed the main basis of discussions of the various sciences, and as such these have been treated, along with their scientific and technical contents, in the respective chapters. Here, for the sake of completeness, we shall do no more than mention some important texts.