A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.104

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T.R. Anantharaman (1995); E. Balfour (1967): II, 371–376, (1968): III, 734–735; M.N. Banerjee (1927), (1929); N.R. Banerjee (1965); H.C. Bhardwaj (1979): 143–165; A.K. Biswas (1994a), (1996): 209–248, 385–407; J. Campbell (1843); D.K. Chakrabarti (1992); A.K. Coomaraswamy (1964): 137–140; Encyclopaedia Britannica (s.v. Ironwork, history, A.1: India and Southeast Asia); J. Franklin (1835); B.K. Gururaja Rao (1970): 257–260; J.M. Heath (1839); K.T.M. Hegde (1981), (1991): 36–55; O.P. Jaggi VII: 103–113; *M.C. Joshi et al. (1996); *S.D. Joshi (1970); G. Majno (1975): 269 and 512; G. Mukhopādhyāya (1913): 70–73; P. Neogi (1914); B. Prakash (1991); B. Prakash and K. Igaki (1984); K.N.P. Rao (1988): 194–195; P. Rãy (1986a): 146–147; P. Rãy (1956): 98–103 and 211–216; S. Saran and R.N. Singh (1994): 112–142; B.K. Sarkar (1974): I, 99; S.D. Singh (1962); B.V. Subbarayappa (1971): 290 and 299–303; G. Watt IV, 499–520; WIRM V, 256–270. The literature on this subject is very extensive. The tempering of steel (śastrapāna) is described in Varāhamihira’s Bṛhatsaṃhitā (50.23–26). See on the tempering, working and damascening of steel, also in Islamic countries: J. Abbott (1847); A.K. Biswas (1996): 284–285, 387–393; J.S. Milne (1907): 10–11; C. Panseri (1965); Y. Rāgib (1997); E. Wiedemann (1970): I, 731–748.