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History of linguistic science of the Austroasiatic group of languages with special reference to the Mon-Khmer and Northern Munda languages of India: Retrospect and prospect Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-13 Satarupa Dattamajumdar Saha
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Understanding the various scientific theories in the history of science Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-09 Jun-Young Oh
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Decision theory and probability theory: Pascal’s wager and pre-modern Indian lotteries Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Harald Wiese
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On the calculation of the Moon’s latitude in Indian astronomy Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-30 Anil Narayanan
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Historical perspectives of critical care in India and worldwide Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Ujjwala Murkute
This article highlights and describes the important historical developments in critical care medicine worldwide, including India’s initial journey in this field. The concept of critical care is modern; however, its underlying foundations are profound and have their starting point in the work of Ignaz Semmelweis and Joseph Lister, who laid the foundation for scientific developments in medicine. The
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The paleodietary reconstruction of Roopkund skeletons through trace element analysis Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-05 Sanjiv Kumar Juyal
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Turagagati method for 4 × 4 pandiagonal magic squares by Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-24 Varuneshwar Reddy Mandadi, D. G. Sooryanarayan, K. Ramasubramanian
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Locating Indian knowledge in modern libraries: Incorporating the traditional classification of knowledge in India Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-04 J. K. Bajaj, M. D. Srinivas
Historically, Indian Knowledge, has been classified into Aṣṭādaśa-vidyāsthānas (अष्टादशविद्यास्थान), eighteen abodes of knowledge. This classification scheme assigns an appropriate place for all components of Indian knowledge in a consistent system. In modern libraries, based mainly on the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), there is no natural place for the corpus of Indian Knowledge (IK), and different
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Politics, industrialization and technical education in colonial India: A case study of Imperial Institute of Sugar Technology, Kanpur Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-19 Prakrati Bhargava
How did the European industrialists influence the nature and form of the course in sugar chemistry and technology, as well as its standard and form of training at Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur? This course led to the Imperial Institute of Sugar Technology's establishment (renamed National Sugar Institute after independence) in 1937 at Kanpur. The overwhelming presence of Europeans
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Brief history of semiconductor science and technology and India’s role in the decade after the invention of transistor Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-17 P. K. Basu
This paper presents a brief history of semiconductor science and technology and examines the role of Indian scientists in the decade following the invention of the transistor. The paper first outlines the development towards identifying and understanding the special characteristics of semiconductors. The current understanding of the physics of semiconductors and their properties are briefly mentioned
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Plants of Atharvaveda: Their descriptions and medicinal uses Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-12 Raghava S. Boddupalli
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The Ukãy, Salvadora persica (Salvadoraceae): Historical and literary evidence from stone inscriptions, copper plates, and literature Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Muthu V. Prakash, M. Anbarashan
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Yellapragada Subba Rao: The Unsung Hero of Science Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-31 Neelabh Datta
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Displacement and sovereignty: Raja of Bilaspur and the Bhakra dam (1908–1947) Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Pankaj Sharma, Balkrishan Shivram
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Indigenous knowledge for sustainable development: A case study of Kurmi Mahatos Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Sanchita Bhattacharya
Indigenous knowledge is considered the invaluable treasure of any particular community. It refers to unique traditional knowledge within a specific geographic area that facilitates indigenous cultural development. Sustainable development is an economically viable, environmentally, and socially beneficial process that balances the present and future communities' needs, for which preservation, promotion
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Markers and agencies of anisotropy in the Indus sign system Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 M. V. Bhaskar
An animal symbol faces a sign on 33 Indus seal-impressions. Using this ‘frontality’ as a benchmark, this paper verifies the following: 1. The validity of a line break in a frontal sequence and elsewhere in a corpus of at least 2906 objects, 2. Sign order and reading direction in the benchmark dataset and the rest of the corpus, 3. Sign oder, transposed sign order, and the signals of transposition (the
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Questioning Basalla’s question (yet again): The view from cognitive history Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Subrata Dasgupta
In 1967, George Basalla posed the question: “How did modern science diffuse from Western Europe and find its place in the world?” Here, we consider this question particularized to India: “How did modern science find its place in India?” In answering his own question Basalla posited a 3-phase model–one that has been severely criticized by some prominent social historians and sociologists of modern Indian
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Influences of botanical knowledge from the East in the colonial medical developments: A case study from early modern Kerala, India Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 K. Uthara
The paper looks into the indigenous medical tradition and the exchange of botanical knowledge that happened throughout colonialism and even before it to highlight Kerala’s local knowledge base from around eleventh century CE, especially in botany. Plant-based healing practices have been followed in Kerala since antiquity, and the local physicians had considerable knowledge about the properties of the
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Jhum: An indigenous method of cultivation and British attitude towards it in Colonial Assam Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Geetashree Singh
The paper attempts to study the Indigenous method of jhum, or shifting cultivation, and British attitude towards it. It was a popular method of cultivation not only in Colonial Assam but also in various parts of the country. Though jhum has been practiced for several millennia and found to be suitable for the climate of Assam, the British government tried to ban this form of cultivation for their interest
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Historical account of entomophagy among the Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh: Current status and future trends Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Nending Muni, Pompi Bhadra, Jharna Chakravorty
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Dr. Suresh Prasad Sarbadhikari (1866–1921): A legendary surgeon and a Bengali pioneer of ovariotomy Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Indranil Sanyal
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Archiving the work of Dr. Subhas Mukherjee: The architect of India’s test tube baby Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Srabani Mukherjee, Rajvi Mehta
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Pathway to Devasthal astronomical observatory, ARIES Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Ram Sagar, Gopal-Krishna
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Relevance of Ayurvedic prakṛti in literary studies with special reference to major characters of Kālidāsa’s dramas Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 K. R. Bhavana
Ayurveda narrates the concept of prakṛti as a framework to understand human behaviour. Prakṛti determines an individual’s physical, physiological, and mental disposition. The three doṣas,vāta, pitta, and kapha, form the basis of the body and mind. The dominance of one or two of these influences the physical and mental makeup of the individual. The lead characters of Kālidāsa’s dramas are studied and
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Construction and application of third diagonal in cyclic quadrilaterals by Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Prasad A. Jawalgekar, D. G. Sooryanarayan, K. Ramasubramanian
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Equinoctial full moon of the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa and the nakṣatra solar zodiac starting from summer solstice Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 R. N. Iyengar, Sunder Chakravarty
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The practice of folk medicine by the indigenous people of Sundarbans: A historical analysis Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Rup Kumar Barman
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Composition and characterisation of ancient lime mortar of Gopal Krishna temple, Alandi, India Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Sarvesh Singh, Manager Singh, P. D. Sabale
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Restoration and conservation of Sāncipāt manuscripts of Assam for preserving in ordinary rural setup Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Asadulla Asraf Ali, Robin Kumar Dutta
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Origin, introduction, and cultural history of capsicum in India Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 N. C. Shah
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Use of the concept of derivative in the computation of vyatīpāta in two Kerala texts Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Venketeswara Pai R., M. S. Sriram
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Mahādevī-sāriṇī: A unique table providing true longitudes of planets Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 B. S. Shubha, B. S. Shylaja
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Geometry of prāṇakalāntara in the Lagnaprakaraṇa Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Nagakiran Yelluru, Aditya Kolachana
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Advent, appropriation, and aesthetics of electric light in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, (1900–1920) Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Baasit Abubakr, Saradindu Bhaduri
At the start of the twentieth century, Jammu and Kashmir witnessed an energy transition in its urban centres of Srinagar and Jammu, where electric lights entered the illumination mix along with the already existing oil lamps. They did not simply replace the oil-lit lamps as access to electric lighting was strictly determined on colonial, racial, and class lines. The electric lights also provided an
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A study of diseases and deaths in colonial Bihar in twentieth century Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Sudhanshu Kumar Jha, Shubham
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Development of amateur astronomy in independent India with special reference to West Bengal: A historical study Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-15 Sabyasachi Chatterjee
The study of the development of amateur astronomy in independent India is an unexplored research arena. Though some articles have been published, detailed research on the theme is badly needed. This research project humbly attempts to explore the subject and tries to unearth the history of multifaceted initiatives to make astronomy popular through non-professional activities. It tries to trace the
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Mountains of corpses: the deadliest attack of the 1918–19 influenza pandemic in the city of Calcutta Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-15 Saumitra Basu
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Colonialism, nationalism and reconstruction of history of science: the case of Goa Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Nagendra Rao
This paper argues that nationalist ideology influenced the writings of Goan elites who joined their Indian counterparts. The latter glorified the pre-modern history, literature, art, and architecture of India as a response to the colonial assertions of its superiority. In the case of Goa, the colonial authorities propounded the concept of Goa Dourada, or golden Goa under Portuguese rule. The local
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Recursion and iteration in combinatorics of Chandaśśāstra Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Amba Kulkarni
Piṅgaḷa in his book on Chandaśśāstra, a text related to the description and analysis of meters in poetic work, describes algorithms that deal with Combinatorial Mathematics and are tail-recursive in nature. Later after almost a millennium in around 800 CE, Kedāra Bhaṭṭa provides iterative algorithms for the same operations. Another major difference between the two works is stylistic. Piṅgaḷa uses a
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The history of geographical surveys in India during the British period Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-07-13 C. S. Meenakshi
This study focuses on the history of Geographical surveys in India during the British period. Mainly three types of geographical surveys were conducted in British India during eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, namely the Great Trigonometrical survey, Revenue survey and Topographical survey. Origin and background of British geographical Surveys, The science of Great Trignometrical survey, experiences
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Planetary nodes and apses in the Sūrya-Siddhānta Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Anil Narayanan, Nilesh Oak
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Institutionalization of agricultural education in the nineteenth century colonial India: its imperatives and models Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Prakrati Bhargava
The industrializing nations in the nineteenth century witnessed the expansion of the dominion of new knowledge which was formally produced within institutional sites such as universities, laboratories, academic societies, colleges, museums and many more. These institutional forms were instrumental in the production and dissemination of this knowledge. This new knowledge form not only generated new
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Revisiting the traditional medicine of the tribals in the Jungle Mahals, 1947–2000 Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Nirmal Kumar Mahato
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A brief study on history and evolution of time Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Udhaya Sankar Ganesamoorthy, Chinnadurai Ganesa Moorthy
Time is a phenomenon of periodic changes in our Earth, solar system, and universe. In our Earth, a day has 24 h; 1 h has 60 min and 1 min has 60 s. These all are well known things. One systematic arrangement of time in history is based upon base 60 or Sexagesimal system. If time of Earth is based on the angle of inclination 60° of the plane for solar system with the plane for Milky Way, then the resultant
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Technologies of transportation: road, bridge and boat construction in colonial Punjab Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Mandakini Thakur
The road and river transport have laid the foundations of human settlements since ancient times. After annexing Punjab in 1849, the British brought western technologies in road and river transportation for better movement of people and material for consolidation of their rule. The measures included building of roads, bridges and navigation through steam vessels. This paper gives a brief description
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Historical profile of Nardostachys jatamansi: an ancient incense & aromatic medicinal herb from Kumaon, Uttarakhand Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-27 N. C. Shah
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Calculation for ‘chain-reduction’ in the Triśatībhāṣya Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Taro Tokutake
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Indigenous poison healing traditions in Kerala Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Y. Srinivasa Rao, Sindhu Thomas
Prior to the emergence of modern medicine as a universal method for all diseases across cultures, and geography—specific methods of treatment existed in various regions. It is not to argue here that these cultural particularities in the treatment of diseases totally disappeared. Under the pressure of modern medicine, pre-modern methods reformed, reformulated and re-emerged as a hybrid system to survive
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An intellectual history of P.C. Ray’s papers on the nitrites of mercury Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-16 Subrata Dasgupta
Prafulla Chandra Ray’s contribution to the birth and development of an ‘Indian school of chemistry’ is well documented. But much of this recognition is situated in the realm of the social history of science. My aim in this essay is to view Ray through the lens of intellectual history and, above all, to shed fresh light on his actual contribution to the chemistry of the nitrites of mercury. Toward this
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Science in the forest management in colonial Assam (1826–1947) Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Geetashree Singh
Since ancient period human beings have been dependent on forest and forest products, which gradually led to the evolvement of indigenous forest management system. The indigenous rulers and people revered the forest and forest products in form of sacred groves, trees and plants. Jhum or shifting cultivation is one such traditional method of cultivation which was favourable for the climate of Assam.
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Object-numerals as listed in Nijaguṇa Śivayogī ’s Viveka-Cintāmaṇi Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Dipak Jadhav
Nijaguṇa Śivayog ī was a Liṅgāyata Indian philosopher who flourished sometime between 1250 and 1655 CE. He composed the Viveka-Cintāmaṇi in Kannaḍa. The fifty-nine object-numerals listed in this work by him under the heading gaṇita-sañjñe (mathematical notations) are studied in this paper. Every object-numeral is a bearer of deeply rooted thought in ancient Indian society, be it from the Vedic, paurāṇika
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Food, water and intoxicants in the battlefield practices of Rajasthan Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Aalok Pandya
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Use of animals in the health management of elephants in medieval period of Assam, India Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Rasna Rajkhowa, Bipul Ch. Saikia
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From forest to plantation: a brief history of the rubber tree Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 T. S. Suryanarayanan, João Lúcio Azevedo
This article describes how the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) (Willd. ex A. Juss.) (Müll. Arg., family–Euphorbiaceae) which grows wildly in the Amazon forests, came under global focus due to industrial revolution. From 1860 to 1913, since the tree was found only in the Amazon forest, the entire world depended on a few business magnates of that region for rubber. These rubber barons enslaved many
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History of an observatory on the Agasthiyar hill top Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-01-24 R. Jayakrishnan
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Hundred years of geophysics (1834–1933) Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2023-01-17 Indrajit G. Roy
Geophysics is relatively a new discipline in comparison to physics or geology. Contrary to general perception as an ancillary to geology, the discipline has been developed with a distinct focus of using the principles and methods of physics for the earth processes. Geophysics was born in the nineteenth century as a necessary element of theoretical geography. Academicians and researchers in the field
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Representation of the midnight sun in Greek and Indian astronomical texts Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2022-12-07 Vinay Iyer, Ramakrishna Pejathaya
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Dr. Gopaul Chunder Roy (1844–1887): An extraordinary life dedicated to the cause of medical science Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2022-11-28 Indranil Sanyal
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Documenting Flora Indica: Dysentery, William Roxburgh and medical botany Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2022-11-21 Pranjali
British interest in exploration and documentation of Flora Indica did not originate from the scientific interest in plants, but it was the result of exigencies of running the empire. When the civil and military explorers of the East India Company came from an oceanic climate to tropical region like India, they suffered with dysentery and similar other diseases. Subsequently, the quest for local remedies
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Perspective and retrospective of the Indian Social Science Academy, Allahabad, India Indian Journal of History of Science (IF 0.1) Pub Date : 2022-11-21 G. Parthasarathy, N. P. Chaubey
We present here a brief historical note on the Indian Social Science Academy (ISSA), Allahabad, the only academy for social sciences in India. This academy has been established in 1974 at Allahabad, India. The aim of this note is to bring out information about the history of the ISSA and its academic activities to the scientists, educationists, researchers, engineers and policy makers during this 75th