India`s Interaction with China, Central and West Asia (Vol III Part 2)

by A. Rahman

The contributors to this volume include distinguished scholars from a range of disciplines and the essays are thematically linked by the focus on the historical exchange of ideas and experience among the people of India, China, central and West Asia. Aspects of culture as diverse as styles of dressing, music metallurgy, and medicine are woven together in this volume to present the rich tapestry that is Asia. A. Rahman is the founder Director of National Institute for science, Technology and Development studies New Delhi. He was planning Advisor for the council of scientific and Industrial research and also member of many international academies on the history of science and science policy. Rahman enrolled for a PhD in bio-chemistry in Sheffield University England where he met George Sharton whose remarks on medieval Indian history of science.