History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c17.32

c17.32

The original Sanskrit texts of these works, preserved in their Tibetan versions, must have been composed at least a century or two earlier than the time of their translation into the Tibetan language and their incorporation into the Tibetan scripture, Tanjur. We shall, therefore, be not far off the mark available to us through the recent publication of it by Professor D. V. Subba Reddy of the Madras Medical College. The list has been published in the *Madras Medical Journal* (Vol. II No. 2, April, 1951). It contains the names of 27 works indicating the nature of their contents. Several of these deal with alchemy, medicine and chemistry. Professor Reddy in his publication has added a further list of 38 Tamil books by *sittars*, many of which are known to deal with medicinal preparations, chemistry and physics. A translation of all these works into English is likely to reveal many interesting informations about the knowledge of chemistry in South India in those early days.