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# The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus

Hindu chemistry, mechanics, physics, physiology, biology and scientific method, reconstructed from Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika, Sāṃkhya, Āyurveda and Purāṇic texts with Sanskrit citations.

- **Language:** English
- **Author:** [Brajendranath Seal](https://indike.org/pramana/person/seal-b)
- **Extent:** 900 passages, 67,457 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · Longmans, Green & Co., London 1915; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections by… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Brajendranath Seal †1938); published before 1931:…

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.seal-1915.c1) — 18 parts
- [c2 Foreword](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.seal-1915.c2) — 6 parts
- [c3 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.seal-1915.c3) — 33 parts
- [c4 Chapter I. The Mechanical, Physical, and Chemical Theories of the Ancient Hindus](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.seal-1915.c4) — 8 parts
- [c5 Chapter II. Hindu Ideas on Mechanics (Kinetics)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.seal-1915.c5) — 9 parts
- [c6 Chapter III. Hindu Ideas on Acoustics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.seal-1915.c6) — 28 parts
- [c7 Chapter IV. Hindu Ideas about Plants and Plant-Life](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.seal-1915.c7) — 14 parts
- [c8 Chapter V. Hindu Classification of Animals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.seal-1915.c8) — 18 parts
- [c9 Chapter VI. Hindu Physiology and Biology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.seal-1915.c9) — 41 parts
- [c10 Chapter VII. On the Scientific Method of the Hindus](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.seal-1915.c10) — 106 parts

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