CONTENTS

  

History of Indian Science, Technology and Culture
(AD 1000-1800)

Foreword 

Contributors 

General Introduction
D.P. Chattopadhyaya 

Introduction
A. Rahman 

Section One – Science 

1.A Perspective of Indian Science
A Rahman

2.Time in Medieval India
C.K. Raju

3.Glimpses of Mathematics in Medieval India
Wazir Hasan Abidi

4.Ideas of Time and Space
Wazir Hasan Abidi

5.History of Chemical and Alchemy in India from Pre-historic to Pre-modern Times
Vijaya Jayant Deshpande

6.Pre-telescopic Astronomy in India
Rajesh Kochhar

7.Glimpses of Astronomy in Medieval India
S.A.H. Rizvi

8.Indian Food Concepts
K.T. Achaya 

Section  Two – Technology 

9.A Perspective on Technology in India
A. Rahman

10.Paper Technology in India
A. Rahman

11.Minerals and Metals in Medieval India
Arun Kumar Biswas

12.Indian Agriculture – A Historical Perspective
Lallanji Gopal

13.Irrigation in South India
T.M. Srinivasan 

Section Three – Social Development 

14.Urbanism in India
Narayani Gupta

15.Women Saints in Medieval Indian Society
Vijaya Ramaswamy

16.Science and Social Movements: Bhakti and Sufi Movements
A.Rahman 

Index

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