[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. # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. Chemistry in Vedas, Āyurveda, tantra and rasaśāstra; metals, alloys, mercury, alkalis, distillation; Sanskrit texts of Rasārṇava, Rasaratnasamuccaya etc. with translations. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [Praphulla Chandra Ray](https://indike.org/pramana/person/ray-pc) - **Extent:** 4,101 passages, 168,706 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · Vol. I 2nd ed. 1907, Vol. II 1909; Calcutta: Bengal Chemical & Pharmaceutical Works / London: Williams and… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Praphulla Chandra Ray †1944); published before 1931:… ## Contents - [v1 Volume 1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1) — 25 parts - [v2 Volume 2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2) — 10 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902) · Pramāṇa