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# A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.168

A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.168

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### [v2.c32.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.168)

A noteworthy feature of this work is that some chemical processes are discussed in the form of a dialogue between Sālivāhana and Nāgārjuna, and Ratnaghosha and Mándavya.§ These last two names are held equally in veneration with Nāgārjuna and grateful acknowledgments to their services occur in some later chemical treatises.¶ The bringing together of these four \*dramatis personæ\*,

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