Engineering and Technology in Ancient India

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About the Book India is credited with highly advanced knowledge system since ancient times Vedas and post-Vedic literature composed in Sanskrit has been the storehouse of various branches of knowledge on science, spirituality, philosophy, culture. civilization, economy, polity, law and management, ayurveda, yoga, and pharmacy. This knowledge was documented from time to time and carried forward for future generations until the mass scale destruction of Sanskrit manuscripts to plunder and loot and devastation of libraries of Nalanda. Takshshila, Vikramshila and Ujjain. It is also a fact that intellectual tradition of India has been subjected to utter neglect and stagnation and so there is an absence of Indian accounts in academic texts of India. As such, there is an ardent need to initiate a process to unlock these systems of knowledge currently atrophied due to centuries of neglect and stagnation In view of the above the present study was undertaken. This work is a humble attempt to apprise the readers about the advancement of Engineering and Technology in Ancient India in various fields Hope the students and scholars will find this books equally interesting and useful in their academic pursuits in Ancient Indian Civilizational Knowledge System.

About the Author Prof Ravi Prakash Arya is a world-renowned Vedic Scholar, Philologist historian. and philosopher He is a prolific speaker and writer. He is a widely traveled scholar who has delivered more than 350 popular and academic talks on various topics of the Vedas. Indian History Linguistics, Philosophy, Culture and Scientific Indian heritage in various countries of the world. He is doing pioneering work for preserving and propagating the universal and scientific Vedic heritage of india under the auspices of the Indian Foundation for Vedic Science. He has to his credit 75 research papers and 70 books running into 84 volumes on the various aspects of Vedas, Vedic Sciences, Vedic Exegesis Vedic Philology. Vedic Philosophy, Religion. Indian History and Culture. He is the Chief Editor of a quarterly Research Journal Vedic Science dealing with the scientific interpretation of Vedas & Allied literature and ancient Indian traditions This Journal is acclaimed as an authoritative document on Vedic Sciences He is also the editor of the annual World Vedic Calendar He has convented several national and International conferences seminars and workshop.

Preface India is credited with highly advance knowledge system since ancient times. Vedas and post Vedic literature composed in Sanskrit has been the storehouse of various branches of knowledge on science, spirituality, philosophy, culture, civilization, economy, polity, law and management, ayurveda, yoga, pharmacy. This knowledge was documented from time to time and carried forward for future generations until the mass scale destruction of Sanskrit manuscripts to plunder and loot and devastation of libraries of Nalanda, Takshshila, Vikramshila and Ujjain. Still number of Sanskrit manuscripts on various subjects are found preserved in various museums and libraries of India and abroad Nearly, 1.5 million manuscripts are held in the libraries and museums of America and Europe and more than 5 million manuscripts are preserved in India.

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