History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c14.s1.4

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The Ayurvedic period constitutes the most flourishing and fruitful age of ancient India relating to the accumulation and development of knowledge in chemical science which, as already stated, was then closely associated with medicine. It will be observed that the medicine and chemistry of the period were dominated by the abstract theories of the Upanishads and the systems of philosophies developed during the post-Vedic age. This relates to the physical and chemical theories embracing the process of entire cosmic evolution and the methodology of science. We do not propose to discuss these theories in any detail here, as a separate section has been set apart for the purpose, which is more or less a reproduction of the article by B. N. Seal embodied in the second volume of the History of Hindu Chemistry