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# A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s1.78

A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s1.78

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### [v1.c9.s1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s1.78)

Since a remote period the text of the Susruta has been jealously preserved and no tampering with it tolerated. Thus Dalvana refuses to recognise the authenticity of a passage, because an ancient commentator, Jejjata, has not noticed it.¹

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