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Alchemical procedures and their implications for the chronology of medieval rasaśāstra

Authors

  • Oliver Hellwig

Abstract

This paper examines those chronological conclusions that can be drawn from the distribution of procedures described in medieval alchemical texts. Applying cluster analysis to this data reveals a structure that supports the chronological results reached by Ray and later scholars without using traditional modes of philological argumentation.

Published

2009-10-12

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