[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.t1.130 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.t1.130 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.t1.130 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c32.t1.130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.t1.130) This mystery has never been elucidated; Dr. Thibaut's arguments are ingenious, but, we are afraid, by no means convincing.\* Indeed in the purely mathematical sciences the Hindus far excelled the Greeks of the Alexandrian school. Aryabhatta's knowledge of algebra was superior to that of Diophantus and as for arithmetic it is generally acknowledged to be of Indian origin.† - [Previous: v2.c32.t1.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.t1.129) - [Next: v2.c32.t1.131](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.t1.131) - [Up: v2.c32.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.t1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.t1.130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.t1.130) · Pramāṇa