History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c38.s1.16

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In this land of intellectual torpor and stagnation, the artisan classes, left very much to themselves and guided solely by their mother wit and sound common sense, which is their heritage in this world, kept up the old traditions. In their own way they have displayed marvellous skill in damescening, making ornamental designs on metals, carving on ivory, enamelling, weaving, dyeing, lace-making, goldsmith's and jeweller's works, etc But the zeal for the pursuit of truth disappeared, and the study of chemistry as a science suffered a serious set-back.