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Arts and science have played a vital role in development of intellectual traditions in human history. The subject matter of this book ‘Studies in History and History of Science’ has been chosen to unfold various facts of early Indian culture, history as well as history of Science.

The present volume is a mosaic of twenty articles, a witness to the emergence of different schools of historiography who debate about bracketing science and technology together about internal history (of viewing the scientific community as a society in itself) and external history (study of science in society at large) or even about whether sciences and not science in general merit their own history with regional variations. Some of the articles discuss science as one of mankind’s greatest achievements. Some discuss as the most important productive force of society. However, Studies in History and History of Science is a yet a young discipline and the volume will have served its purpose if it is able to create some measure of enthusiasm in the field of study and foster greater collaboration between scholars.

Contents: Foreword / Preface / The Asiatic Society and the Initiation of History of Science / Calcutta Government Sanskrit College and Science Education: A Study / Art as Reflected in the Tradition of few Illustrated / Manuscript in the Asiatic Society of Calcutta / Indigenous Knowledge and Folklore / Man-Nature Relation in Ecology: An Epigraphical Study / Sun: The Astronomical Deity / Purpose of Preparing Handlist or Catalogue for Manuscripts / Social, Economic, Political and Community Development Programmes of Asoka / The Asiatic Society and a Few German Indologists / The Study of Manuscripts and Modern Critical Scholarship / The Works of Bhaskaracarya II and The Asiatic Society / Industries in Ancient India / James Prinsep’s Scientific Contributions (1820-1840): An Era of Cross Cultural Knowledge Transfer / Image Inscriptions as Source Material for History of Technology / Science Consciousness in the Literature of Kalidasa / Folklore and Science / Benoytosh Bhattacharyya and The Asiatic Society / Architecture in Epigraphical Records of India / Elements of Science from Epigraphs of Bengal upto 12th Century / Role of Library in the Life-Long Education and Research of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray: Changes and Consequences / Bibliography / Index.