[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956) › c15.80 # History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c15.80 History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c15.80 - **Language:** English ### [c15.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c15.80) We now come to a time when the Hindu system of medicine was methodised and arranged more or less on a rational basis, with a scientific terminology. The two earliest and most renowned treatises of the period are the Charaka and the Susruta, by sages of the same names, dealing respectively with medicine and surgery in the main. They constitute the repositories of many chemical informations of the time. These treatises, usually known as the Charaka Samhita and the Susruta Samhita, passed through repeated recensions by later and more advanced workers. - [Previous: c15.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c15.79) - [Next: c15.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c15.81) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c15.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c15.80) · Pramāṇa