[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 # History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray Chemistry and alchemy from the Vedas, Āyurveda and the rasaśāstra texts: metals, minerals, processes and apparatus, with Sanskrit extracts. - **Language:** English - **Authors:** [Praphulla Chandra Ray](https://indike.org/pramana/person/ray-pc), [Priyadaranjan Ray](https://indike.org/pramana/person/ray-p) - **Extent:** 2,965 passages, 108,584 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · Indian Chemical Society, Calcutta 1956 (revised one-volume edition of A History of Hindu Chemistry, 1902–09);… · In copyright (Prafulla Chandra Ray †1944; Priyadaranjan Ray †1982); freely available on archive.org — shown… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c1) — 11 parts - [c2 History Of Chemistry](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c2) — 3 parts - [c3 Foreword](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c3) — 9 parts - [c4 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c4) — 22 parts - [c5 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c5) — 14 parts - [c6 Appendix](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c6) — 2 parts - [c7 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c7) — 2 parts - [c8 Introduction](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c8) — 8 parts - [c9 Prehistoric India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c9) — 1 part - [c10 Chapter I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c10) — 20 parts - [c11 Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c11) — 6 parts - [c12 Chapter Ii. Indus Valley Civilization](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c12) — 76 parts - [c13 Chapter Iii. Post-Harappan Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c13) — 14 parts - [c14 Vedic And Ayurvedic Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c14) — 27 parts - [c15 Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c15) — 144 parts - [c16 Transitional Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c16) — 2 parts - [c17 Tantric Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c17) — 38 parts - [c18 Chapter Iv. Chmistry In Sarvesvararasayana](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c18) — 19 parts - [c19 Chapter V. Chemistry In Dhatuvada](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c19) — 21 parts - [c20 Chapter Vi. Chemistry In Rasahridaya Of Bhikshu Govinda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c20) — 7 parts - [c21 Chapter Vii. Chemistry In Kakachandesvarimata Tantra](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c21) — 14 parts - [c22 Chapter Viii. Chemistry In Rasendrachudamani Of Somadeva](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c22) — 11 parts - [c23 Chapter Ix. Chemistry In Rasaprakasasudhakara Of Yasodhara](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c23) — 9 parts - [c24 Chapter X. Chemistry In Rasachintamani Of Madanantadeva](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c24) — 6 parts - [c25 Chapter Xi. Chemistry In Rasakalpa (Rudrayamala Tantra)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c25) — 16 parts - [c26 Iatrochemical Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c26) — 21 parts - [c27 Book Ii. The Rasas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c27) — 4 parts - [c28 Book Iii. The Uparasas or Inferior Rasas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c28) — 5 parts - [c29 Book Iv. The Gems](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c29) — 3 parts - [c30 Book V. On Metals (Lohani)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c30) — 13 parts - [c31 Book Vi. Initiation into Discipleship](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c31) — 8 parts - [c32 Book Vii. On the Laboratory](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c32) — 4 parts - [c33 Book Viii. On Technical Terms](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c33) — 17 parts - [c34 Book Ix. On Apparatus (Yantras)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c34) — 25 parts - [c35 Book X. On the Ingredients for Crucibles, etc.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c35) — 18 parts - [c36 Book Xi. On the Purification of Mercury](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36) — 13 parts - [c37 Chemistry In Practical Arts (Ii)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c37) — 72 parts - [c38 Conclusion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c38) — 1 part - [c39 Appendix](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c39) — 6 parts - [c40 Weights and Measures](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c40) — 5 parts - [c41 Sanskrit Texts](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c41) - [c42 Extracts from](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c42) - [c43 Vrinda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c43) — 2 parts - [c44 Extracts from RASAHRIDAYA.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c44) — 106 parts - [c45 नवमः पटलः ।](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45) — 60 parts - [c46 Extracts from KAKACHANDESVARIMATA.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c46) — 1 part - [c47 Extracts from RASENDRACHUDAMANI.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c47) — 30 parts - [c48 Rasaprakasasudhakara.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c48) — 1 part - [c49 Rasachintamani](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c49) — 11 parts - [c50 Extracts from RASAKALPA.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c50) — 36 parts - [c51 Extracts from RASARATNASAMUCHCHAYA.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c51) — 2 parts - [c52 अथ द्वितीयोऽध्यायः ।](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c52) — 5 parts - [c53 अथ तृतीयोऽध्यायः ।](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c53) — 9 parts - [c54 अथ चतुर्थोऽध्यायः ।](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c54) — 2 parts - [c55 अथो पञ्चमोऽध्यायः ।](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c55) — 1 part - [c56 अथ सीसकम्—](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c56) — 1 part - [c57 अथ पित्तलम्—](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c57) — 6 parts - [c58 अथ षष्ठोऽध्यायः ।](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c58) — 7 parts - [c59 अथ सप्तमोऽध्याय ।](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c59) — 1 part - [c60 अथ अष्टमोऽध्यायः ।](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c60) — 1 part - [c61 अथ नवमोऽध्यायः ।](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c61) — 5 parts - [c62 अथ दशमोऽध्यायः ।](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c62) — 1 part - [c63 अथ पुटानि—](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c63) — 4 parts - [c64 अथैकादशोऽध्यायः।](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c64) — 1 part - [c65 Extracts from RASARAJALAKSHMI.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c65) — 13 parts - [c66 Extracts from RASANAKSHATRAMALIKA.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c66) — 6 parts - [c67 Extracts from RASARATNAKARA](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c67) — 1 part - [c68 Extracts from DHATURATNAMALA](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c68) — 1 part - [c69 Rasapradipa](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c69) — 13 parts - [c70 Extracts from DHATUKRIYA or DHATUMANJARI](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c70) — 2 parts - [c71 Extracts from SUVARNATANTRA or SVARNATANTRA.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c71) — 21 parts - [c72 Tibetan Texts](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c72) — 8 parts - [c73 Tibetan Text](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c73) — 1 part - [c74 4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c74) — 1 part - [c75 5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c75) — 2 parts - [c76 6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c76) — 1 part - [c77 7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c77) — 1 part - [c78 8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c78) — 1 part - [c79 9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c79) — 1 part - [c80 10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c80) — 1 part - [c81 11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c81) — 1 part - [c82 12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c82) — 1 part - [c83 13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83) — 55 parts - [c84 English Translation](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c84) — 81 parts - [c85 Name Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c85) — 2 parts - [c86 N](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c86) — 1 part - [c87 O](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c87) — 1 part - [c88 P](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c88) — 1 part - [c89 Q](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c89) — 1 part - [c90 R](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c90) — 1 part - [c91 Name Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c91) — 4 parts - [c92 Subject Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c92) — 3 parts - [c93 B](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c93) — 1 part - [c94 C](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c94) — 2 parts - [c95 D](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c95) — 1 part - [c96 E](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c96) — 3 parts - 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