“The winds blow over the wall
The mountains run so tall!
The rivers run so fast
Nature oh you are a blast!”
Alok Kumar in his book called Ancient Hindu science states this, “Caraka, Suśruta, and Kauṭilya documented chemical transformations where oxidation, reduction, calcination, distillation, and sublimation were explained. Caraka, in his Caraka-Saṁhitā, lists gold, copper, lead, tin, iron, zinc, and mercury in making drugs.
The Iron Pillar near in New Delhi is a testimony to the metal forging of the ancient indians.
The pillar, although about 1600 years old and weathering the heat, humidity, and rain in the open air, is still rust-free!
In fact there are countless such examples all over our country!
In another novel called the technology of the Gods by David Hatcher; he talks about the incredible metallurgical skills of the ancient Indians including even how they could extract rare metals from their ores!
With a history like that, all we need now is sustenance! Keeping up the great work started many ages back! Talking about great work brings to mind Soumitra Chatterjee, the great Bengali super star!
A quick sketch on the scribe!
Shubh ratri!
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