[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) › c17.4 # History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c17.4 History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c17.4 - **Language:** English ### [c17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c17.4) In all the principal treatises of Hindu medicine of the Ayurvedic and the later periods, this influence of religion and philosophy on the theories and practice of medicine is clearly discernible. This is best illustrated in the Ayurvedic treatises, the Charaka and the Susruta, where we find an elaborate discourse on the origin of matter and life, and on duties and disciplines of life with a view to its spiritual progress, as well as on other philosophical doctrines blended with medical theories and recipes. - [Previous: c17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c17.3) - [Next: c17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c17.5) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c17.4) · Pramāṇa