History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c15.s1.55

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Special reference may be made here to three specimens of vessels, which were probably used for condensing purposes. These were found in the excavation at the Sirkap site, belonging probably to the late Saka-Parthian periods. They are made of coarse, red, sandy clay with lime and broken bricks. This seems to suggest that the process of distillation and condensation was known to the ancient Indians as early as the beginning of the first century A.D. (*cf.* Fig 18*b* ).