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A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s1.178

A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s1.178

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v1.c9.s1.178

Buddhistic India hospitals attached to the numerous monasteries for the treatment of man and beast alike.¹ It would also appear that inscriptions were engraved on rock pillars giving recipes for the treatment of diseases. Thus both Vrinda and Chakrapáni speak of a formula for a collyrium as inscribed on a stone pillar by Nágárjuna at Pátaliputra : नागाज्जुनेन लिखिता स्तम्भे पाटलिपुत्रके ।