[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902) › v1.c17.19 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c17.19 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c17.19 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c17.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c17.19) In the Vedic age the Rishis or priests did not form an exclusive caste of their own but followed different professions according to their convenience or natural tastes, thus fulfilling the ideal laid down by Emerson: "Has he (man) not a calling in his character? Each man has his own vocation. The talent is the call." But all this was changed when the Brāhmins reässerted their supremacy on the decline or the expulsion of Buddhism. - [Previous: v1.c17.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c17.18) - [Next: v1.c17.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c17.20) - [Up: v1.c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c17.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c17.19) · Pramāṇa