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The previous two articles in this series dealt with the chemical practices in India in ancient and medieval times. Metallurgy and metal works are closely related to the knowledge of chemistry. In ...
The debate on the achievements of ancient India in science and technology continues unabated. For instance, Union minister of science and technology, Dr Harsh Vardhan’s statement that the ...
CHENNAI: It marks nothing short of a groundbreaking milestone in the revival of ancient Indian knowledge—the release of the world’s first-ever documentary dedicated to ancient Indian science. Titled ...
On the Uttar Pradesh–Rajasthan border in the Braj region near Govardhan Hill, an excavation by the Archaeological Survey of ...
Ancient India was one of pioneers of Science in this world it may be Medicine,Mathematics,Astronomy,Metallurgy, Agriculture or even city Planning India was greatly ahead of the other countries it ...
Even when scientists struggle to produce the purest forms of rust-free metals, this 14-year-old boy from Bantwal taluk is here to show the world that ancient Indian metallurgy and Indian chemistry ...
This story is from May 1, 2019 ‘Metallurgy skills of ancient Nilgiris yet to be showcased’ Shantha Thiagarajan / TNN / Updated: May 1, 2019, 14:20 IST Follow us ...
A newly discovered lost city in Rajasthan, tied to the sacred writings of India, reveals evidence of culture, trade, and ...
Metallurgy was intimately linked with chemistry in India. We will discuss Indian metallurgy and metal-working in a later article, focussing our attention on chemical techniques for now.
It establishes that the special fibre-reinforced refractory crucible used for making wootz in ancient India is a technology valid even today.
Another major innovation in iron metallurgy of ancient India was the production of wootz steel, highly prized metal in all other ancient cultures of that period.