History of science and technology in India.
Kuppuram, G. Ed.
History of science and technology in India. Vol.X : irrigation (Set in 12 Volumes) - Delhi Sundeep Prakashan 1990 - xiii,280p.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgement v
Introduction vii
Preface xiii
1 Irrigation Engineering in India
R.P. Kulkarni 3
2 The Mansagar Dam of Amber
Iqtidar Alam Khan and Ravindra Kumar 31
3 Vrksayurveda : The Science of Plants Health in Ancient India
E.G.K. Rao 63
4 A note on the Importance of Ficus Glomerata (Udumbara) in Ancient Indian Society
Aparna Chattopadhyay 83
5 Agricultural Technology in Medieval India
Harbans Mukhia 91
6 Level of Agricultural Technology in India 1757-1858
Satpal Sangwan 127
7 Development of Life Sciences in India in Eighteenth-Nineteenth Century
B.L. Jain 147
8 Science in Agriculture: A study in Victorian India
Deepak Kumar 181
9 Development of Irrigation and Railways in
India under Lord Curzon (1900 A.D. - 1903 A.D.)
G.Kuppuram 227
10 Tamil folk sayings on Agriculture — A study of the
Folk Knowledge of Agriculture in Indian Tradition
A.V. Balasubramanian 235
Index 275
8185067317
609.54 / KUP
History of science and technology in India. Vol.X : irrigation (Set in 12 Volumes) - Delhi Sundeep Prakashan 1990 - xiii,280p.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgement v
Introduction vii
Preface xiii
1 Irrigation Engineering in India
R.P. Kulkarni 3
2 The Mansagar Dam of Amber
Iqtidar Alam Khan and Ravindra Kumar 31
3 Vrksayurveda : The Science of Plants Health in Ancient India
E.G.K. Rao 63
4 A note on the Importance of Ficus Glomerata (Udumbara) in Ancient Indian Society
Aparna Chattopadhyay 83
5 Agricultural Technology in Medieval India
Harbans Mukhia 91
6 Level of Agricultural Technology in India 1757-1858
Satpal Sangwan 127
7 Development of Life Sciences in India in Eighteenth-Nineteenth Century
B.L. Jain 147
8 Science in Agriculture: A study in Victorian India
Deepak Kumar 181
9 Development of Irrigation and Railways in
India under Lord Curzon (1900 A.D. - 1903 A.D.)
G.Kuppuram 227
10 Tamil folk sayings on Agriculture — A study of the
Folk Knowledge of Agriculture in Indian Tradition
A.V. Balasubramanian 235
Index 275
8185067317
609.54 / KUP