Dharampal Collected Writings
author: Dharampal
edition: 2016, Other India BookStore
pages: 1835
ISBN-10: 8185569509
ISBN-13: 9788185569505
Topic: History
Iron Works at Ramanakapettah (AD 1795)
This chapter describes Iron Works at Ramanakapettah (AD 1795) located on page 209 from volume 1 in the book Dharampal Collected Writings compiled by Dharampal. This book presents a fresh perspective on the Indian Science and Technology in the 18th century. The collected writings include accounts of various technical processes and practices documented by western travelers in the period when they started coming to India..
The first volume deals with India Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century.
Examples of topics dealt with (besides ‘Iron Works at Ramanakapettah’) in Dharampal’s collected papers are: the Indian sciences such as astronomy, plastic surgery, inoculation techniques, irrigation, agriculture, algebra, geometry, etc.
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Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain [by Chirantani Das]
Thanks to the hard work of archaeologists, that has provided us with the rich data on continuous human habitation and the whole cultural process from the time of the early farming communities to iron using ones which had supported the rise of the territorial states. In this connection we may recall the effort of the archaeologists of the Archaeological Survey of India, right from the identification and other preliminary works to the latest explorations in the area concerned....
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Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India [by Remadevi. O.]
Thus copper was called by the name Lohayas or Lohitayas and iron by the name Krishnayas or Shyamayas. In Rigveda, we do not have any specific mention regarding the makers of ornaments. But some incidental references point to the fact that there might have been some garland makers, who were very dedicated to their work. For, in one context a hymn describes such makers troubled with evil dreams, which indicate their anxiety. Upanishads also refer to metals....
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Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (early history) [by Prakash Narayan]
The present study reasonably differs from works available on the subject interms of space, thrust and orientation. The work is rooted in the 6th century eastern sh Uttar Pradesh and Bihar with its attempt to test the macro-level generalisations on the subject against the micro-level realities prevalent in the universe of the study. Attempts have been made here to look beyond / synthesise the Marxian and the Social-Anthropological perspectives....
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[Dharampal Collected Writings: index]
[Volume 1: Preface]
[Volume 2: About the Book]
[Volume 2: Foreword]
[Volume 3: About the Book]
[Volume 3: Introduction]
[Volume 4: About the Book]
[Volume 4: Preface]
[Volume 5: About the Book]