Science and Technology in Ancient India is the Product of the heartiest cooperation between the Editors and Publishers This book is devoted solely to scientific subjects It has highlighted the Astronomical, Technological, Geological, Medical, Industrial, Development in the ancient, medieval and Modern India The Authors whose essays have been compiled in this book need no introduction as they are well-known in their respective fields of their original researches their contribution make it clear that this country though better known for its spiritual greatness, witnessed also a high standard of scientific achievements in various fields Medical science development in India about the beginning of the Christian era.
One of the well-known authorities on Indian medicine was charaka, who is said to have flourished during the kushana ruler Kanishka Mathematics are dealt with in special chapters of the books on the early Indian astronomers, India attained exellence in Algebra. The earliest works of successful Indian Astronomy were the form treatises called the siddantas Aryabhatta who was born at Patliputra in 476 AD reduced the doctrine of early works on Astronomy and Mathematics to a practical of concised form.
The earliest coinage of India is known as punch-marked coins ranging in date from C. 6th Century BC to 3rd Century BC They was mostly of silver. The bent-bar coins from Taxila form a destined class of Punch-marked coins. Kushanas were electric in outlook and their coins bear various Greek Zoroastrians and Indian deities The History of Indian metal-casting goes back to the days of the Indus civilization. The dancing giral from Mohenjodaro is as excellent piece of 'veial work. Some of the bronzes of the Gupta, Pallava. Pala and Chola period are among the first specimens of Indian Art |
