[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971) › c4 # Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c4: Contents Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c4 - **Language:** English ### Contents ### [c4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4.1) An introduction to the Collected Writings of Dharampal | i --- | --- Acknowledgements | xxi Introduction | 1 Part I: SCIENCE | 37 I. Bramin’s Observatory at Benares (AD 1777) | 39 II. Remarks on the Astronomy of the Brahmins (AD 1970) | 48 III. Hints Concerning the Observatory at Benares (cir 1783) | 94 IV. On the Sixth Satellite of Saturn (AD 1783) | 107 V. A Proof that the Hindoos had the Binomial Theorem (1790) | 113 VI. Hindu Algebra (AD 1817) | 121 Part II: TECHNOLOGY | 147 VII. Operation of Inoculation of the Smallpox as Performed in Be ngal (AD 1731) | 149 VIII. An Account of the Manner of Inoculating for the Smallpox in the East Indies (AD 1767) | 151 IX. The Method of Making the Best Mortar at Madrass in East India (AD 1732) | 167 X. The Process of Making Ice in the East Indies (AD 1775) | 171 ### [c4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4.2) XI. Uses of the Son and Manufacturing of the Hindostan Paper (AD 1774) 175 ### [c4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4.3) XII. Indian Agriculture 180 ### [c4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4.4) XIII. On the Drill Husbandry of Southern India (AD 1795) 203 ### [c4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4.5) XIV. Iron Works at Ramanakapettah (AD 1795) 209 ### [c4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4.6) XV. The Mode of Manufacturing Iron in Central India (cir 1829) 213 ### [c4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4.7) XVI. Manufacture of Bar Iron in Southern India (AD 1842) 241 ### [c4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4.8) XVII. Aspects of Technology in Western India (AD 1790-1801) 252 ### [c4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4.9) Appendices ### [c4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4.10) (i) Sources 260 ### [c4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4.11) (ii) Biographical Notes on Authors 263 ### [c4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4.12) List of illustrations: ### [c4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4.13) Figures I-III on pages 42, 45 & 46 respectively relate to Chapter I ### [c4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4.14) Diagram I on page 176 relates to Chapter XI ### [c4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4.15) Figures I & II on pages 206 and 207 respectively relate to Chapter XIII ### [c4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4.16) Diagrams I-VII on pages 222, 223, 225, 227, 229, 230 & 232 respectively relate to Chapter XV --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c4) · Pramāṇa