History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c37.s1.4

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In a publication on *The History of Fireworks in India* (between 1400-1900 A.D.) Gode has quoted formulae for the manufacture of specific fireworks from a Sanskrit work called the Kautukachintamani by Gajapati Prataparudradeva of Orissa, a royal author, who flourished in 1497-1539 A.D. From the manuscript of this work, as was available in the Government Manuscripts Library at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute at Poona, Gode has noted down the following materials used in the manufacture of fireworks, as found in the Sanskrit verses