Chemical Knowledge and Practices in Ancient and Medieval India
Saptarshi Biswas
Department of Chemistry, Katwa College, Katwa 713130, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India
E-mail: heysaptarshi@gmail.com
Published online: 13th February, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52756/rpktbc.2025.e01.010
Keywords: Ancient Indian chemistry, Metallurgy, Mining, Fermentation, Wootz
Abstract:
Chemical process is a phenomenon that came before the formation of the Earth and increased exponentially with civilization. India is such a country where civilization started from the Indus Valley era. Science and technology are the key factors to developing a country, where chemistry is one of the accelerating factors. In ancient and medieval times, many chemical practices were used in India that many of us can’t even imagine, like the mining and metallurgical industry, fermentation, wootz, etc. In this chapter, we try to enlighten such well-known and unknown chemical knowledge that might be interesting to the common people.
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Saptarshi Biswas (2025). Chemical Knowledge and Practices in Ancient and Medieval India. © International Academic Publishing House (IAPH), Dr. Rajiba lochan Mahapatra, Dr. Arpan Das and Dr. Somnath Das (eds.), Revisiting the past knowledge tradition of Bharat: A critique (Volume-1), pp. 93-99. ISBN: 978-81-978955-6-2
doi: https://doi.org/10.52756/rpktbc.2025.e01.010
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