Question

Who wrote the book the history of Hindu chemistry ?

Answer 1

This book can be traced back in the twentieth century, so the author must be some renowned author from back then, as it calls Hindu Chemistry, so the author must be Indian and someone from the field of Chemistry.

Complete answer:
The history of Hindu chemistry was one of the most established contributions to the twentieth century given by the professor Prafulla Chandra Ray. He was a chemist by profession. He contributed greatly to the field of Rasshastra in his own style. The book is in English in two volumes and this great work has also achieved international recognition.

The author P.C. Ray was an eminent personality in the field of chemistry and was working as a professor of Chemistry in the Presidency college, Calcutta when he was called upon by another stalwart in Chemistry, Mr. M. Berthelot in $1897$ for furnishing the topic the chemistry of ancient hindus which had drawn him towards Indian alchemy.

Following the repeal from inside, he submitted to him a short article on Rasendra Sara Sangrah in$1898$. This left the author with the desire of studying Indian chemistry in much detail.

Thus the author of the given book is ‘Prafulla Chandra Ray’.

Note: This work greatly aroused people towards Indian Alchemy, especially the people from western side became enlightened, as they were unaware before. The globalization of the works of Rasshastra has its starting point in the works of Sir P.C. Ray. The author has touched almost every area of Rasashastra including the aspects of modern chemistry.