[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) › v2.c32.114 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.114 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.114 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c32.114](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.114) The So-to-p’o-ho of the Chinese version of the "Friendly Epistle" has been identified with one of the Sátaváhanas or Andhra kings, possibly Yajna-Srí-Sátakarni, who seems to have reigned about 172—202 A. D. There is, therefore, nothing improbable in this particular, Sátaváhana being a contemporary of Nágárjuna. In the alchemical Tantra, "Rasaratnákara," ascribed to Nágárjuna, - [Previous: v2.c32.113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.113) - [Next: v2.c32.115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.115) - [Up: v2.c32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32) ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaratnakara) — Nityanātha Siddha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.114](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.114) · Pramāṇa