Minerals and Metals in Ancient India Vol.2 (Record no. 46700)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01629 a2200193 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 8124600481 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 669.0954 BIS |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Biswas, Arun Kumar |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Minerals and Metals in Ancient India Vol.2 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1996 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New Delhi |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 259 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Volume 2 approaches the theme from the viewpoint of indigenous literary sources chronologically marshalling over three thousand years of Sanskrit writings: ranging from Rigveda to Rasaratnasamuccaya. Reviewing, among other things, the entire gamut of studies in gemmology (ratnashastra) and alchemy (rasashastra), the authors here set out a meticulous analysis of Rasaratnasamuccaya: a fourteenth century text, high-lighting the climactic heights of iatrochemistry in ancient India. With detailed explanations of Sanskrit technical expressions, the volume also tries to correlate, wherever possible, literary evidence with archaeological data. Sponsored by the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, Minerals and Metals in Ancient India has involved years of the authors painstaking research. Together with maps, figures, tables, appendices and illustrative photographs, it will evoke enormous interest in geologists, metallurgists,archaeo-metallurgists, mineralogists, gemmologists, historians of science, archaeologists, Indologists, and the scholars of Indian pre- and ancient history. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mines and mineral resources--India--History. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Metallurgy-India-History. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Minerals-India-History. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Metallurgy. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Biswas, Sulekha |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
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