[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.c9.s3.7 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s3.7 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s3.7 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s3.7) “A famous representative of this art \[alchemy\] was Nágárjuna, a native of the fort Daihak, near Somnáth. He excelled in it and composed a book which contains the substance of the whole literature on this subject and is very rare. He lived nearly a hundred years before our time.”—India, I. p. 189. - [Previous: v1.c9.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s3.6) - [Next: v1.c9.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s3.8) - [Up: v1.c9.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s3.7) · Pramāṇa