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16. Indian Metallurgy:

Vedic references to metals and metal working. Mining and manufacture in India of Zinc, Iron,
Copper, Gold, etc., from ancient times.

Indian texts which refer to metallurgy. Important specimens of metal workmanship preserved/found
in different parts of India.

The significance and wide prevalence of ironsmith and other metal workers in the pre-modern era.

European observers on the high quality and quantity of Indian iron and steel in the 18/19th centuries.

17. Indian Polity and Economy:

Indian conception of well-organised Polity and flourishing Economy as expounded in the
foundational texts. The notion of Bharartavarsha as a Chakravarti-Kshetra and important attributes of
Chakravartin.

King as the protector of Dharma. King as the strength and support of the weak. King as the protector
of Varta. King as the protector of the times.

Meaning of Varta: Krishi, Gopalana and Vanijya forming the basis of Varta and the core of economic
activity in society. The importance of sharing.

Grama as the centre of the polity.

18. The Outreach of Indian Knowledge System:
The outreach of Indian Knowledge System beyond Indian boundaries form the ancient times.

Outreach to East, Southeast, Central and Southeast Asia of Indian phonetic script, decimal value
place system based arithmetic, algebra, astronomy and calendar, medical pharmacopeia, architecture,
methods of making iron and steel, cotton textiles, etc.

The transmission of Indian linguistics, knowledge of plants, iron and steel metallurgy, textiles and
dyeing, shipbuilding etc., to Europe in 17/18/19th centuries.

Current global outreach of Ayurveda, Yoga and Indian Fine Arts.

Suggested References

1. Baladev Upadhyaya, Samskrta Śāstrom ka Itihās, Chowkhambha, Varanasi, 2010.

2. D. M. Bose, S. N. Sen and B. V. Subbarayappa, Eds., A Concise History of Science in India,
2 Ed., Universities Press, Hyderabad, 2010.
nd
3. Astāngahrdaya, Vol. I, Sūtrasthāna and Śarīrasthāna, Translated by K. R. Srikantha Murthy,
Vol. I, Krishnadas Academy, Varanasi, 1991.

4. Dharampal, Some Aspects of Earlier Indian Society and Polity and Their Relevance Today,
New Quest Publications, Pune, 1987.

5. Dharampal, Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary
European Accounts, Dharampal Classics Series, Rashtrotthana Sahitya, Bengaluru, 2021.

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