[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918) › c20.3 # Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c20.3 Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c20.3 - **Language:** English ### [c20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c20.3) The Hindus have described 500 muscles—400 in the extremities, 66 in the trunk, and 34 in the region above the clavicle. They knew of the ligaments, sutures, lymphatics, nerve plexuses, fascia, adipose tissue, vascular tissue, mucous membrane of the digestive canal, synovial membranes, etc.²⁸ - [Previous: c20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c20.2) - [Next: c20.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c20.s1.1) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c20) ## Cites (2) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit - [Suśrutasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta-school.susruta) — Suśruta & Nāgārjuna (siddha/alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c20.3) · Pramāṇa