TY - GEN AU - Kuppuram, G. Ed. AU - Kumudamani, K. Ed. TI - History of science and technology in India. : Vol.X : irrigation (Set in 12 Volumes) SN - 8185067317 U1 - 609.54 PY - 1990/// CY - Delhi PB - Sundeep Prakashan N1 - 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 ER -