TY - GEN AU - Kuppuram, G. Ed. AU - Kumudamani, K. Ed. TI - History of science and technology in India. : Vol.VIII (two sections) : coins, metallurgy (Set in 12 Volumes) SN - 8185067317 U1 - 609.54 PY - 1990/// CY - Delhi PB - Sundeep Prakashan N1 - CONTENT Acknowledgement v Introduction vii Preface xiii Section I Coins 1 Minting of Coins and Problem of Forgery in Indian Numismatics Upendra Thakur 1 2 Technology of Indian Coinage: Ancient and Medieval Period B.N. Mukherjee 27 3 Source of Gold of Early Gold Coins of India Upendra Thakur 69 4 Study of Andipatti Lead Coins and their Preservations V. Jeyaraj 99 Section II Metallurgy 1 Indian Metallurgy since the Vedic Period N. Gangadharan 107 2 Glory of Ancient Indian Mining (Archaeo-Mining Geology) B.B. Koti Reddy 126 3 Scientific Basis and Technology of Ancient Indian Copper and Iron Metallurgy K.T.M. Hedge 139 4 Metallurgy in Medieval India: 16th to 18th Centuries Iqbal Ghani Khan 161 5 Late Quaternary Sediments, Minerals and Inferred Geochemical History of Didwana Lake, Thar Desert, India R.J. Wasson, G.I. Smith and D.P. Agarwal 195 6 Plasma Welding Control using Photo Cell G.Tulasiram, V, Chandrasekaran and KM. Gopu 237 7 Origin of Metallurgy in Asia : Myth and Reality D.P. Agrawal 265 Index 211 ER -