A Concise History of Science in India c9.s2.4

c9.s2.4

Whatever may be the Aryan problem in India—and a discussion on this is beyond the scope of the present account—it would seem that the Aryans, in course of time, might have mixed with the non-Aryans or the early inhabitants, assimilating or giving a new dimension to the cultural, conceptual as well as utilitarian practices of the latter. They followed the sacred hymns, rituals and thoughts which went under the names of the *Vedas*, the *Brāhmaṇas*, the *Āraṇyakas* and the *Upaniṣads*, some of which give a glimpse of a few chemical practices prevalent then.