Foreword
Editor’s Preface
1 . History of Indian Physical and Chemical Thought
— S.C. Kak
2. Physical and Mathematical Thought in Ancient India: The Rigvedic and Related Evidence
— Soma Basu
3. History of Chemical Thoughts in Ancient India
— A. Basu
4. Numerals in Ancient and Medieval India
— P.K. Majumdar
5. Arithmetic – The Indian Way
— R. Chakraborty
6. Algebra
— P.K. Majumdar
7. Geometry in Ancient and Medieval Ages
— S. Chatterjee
8. Trigonometry in Ancient and Medieval India
— P.K. Majumdar
9. Indian Calculus and its Journey to the West
— R. Chakraborty
10. History of Ancient Indian Astronomy
— A. Sarkar
11. Astronomical Manuscripts and Ideas in India
— S. Chatterjee and A. Sarkar
12. Indian Megaliths and Astronomy: Evidence from South India
— K.P. Rao
13. Geographical Thoughts in Ancient India: Envisioning Cosmology and Nature
— Rana P.B. Singh
14. Sacred Geography of Hindu Holy Places
— Rana P.B. Singh and Pravin Singh Rana
15. Water Management in Ancient India
— T. Prasad
16. Water Management Technologies of the Gonds of Central India
— K.G. Vyas
17. Water Management System in Peninsular India: A Case Study of Sluice Technology
— K. Rajan
18. From Alexander’s Invasion to the Guptas: The Military Thought and Planning in Ancient India
— K. Ray
19. Textile Technology in Ancient India
— P. Gaurav
20. The Ancient Manuscript Tradition of India: The Technology of Manuscript Preparation with Special Reference to Odisha
— P. Bhoi
21. Ancient Indian Pottery Manufacturing Technology
— S.S. Rai
22. Ancient Indian Metallurgy
— A. Suri
23. The Early Use of Copper and Its Alloys and Iron in Ancient India (From the Beginning to the 12th Century CE)
— S. Ray, A. Sarkar and R.K. Chattopadhyay
24. Notes on Lead and Silver in Ancient India
— R. Nanda Mathew
25. The Early History of Gold in India
— R. Nanda Mathew
26. Thelunganur: The Evidence of Production of Ultrahigh Carbon Crucible Steel
— K. Rajan
27. The History of Medicine in Ancient India (From the Beginning to the 13th Century AD)
— A. Sarkar and R.K. Chattopadhyay
Contributors
Index