Fruits and Vegetables in Ancient India
Language: EnglishPages: 214About the Author:Prof. P.V. Sharma the author of this work is known for his valuable contributions in the field of Indian Medicine. During the last three and half decades he has written on various aspects of Indian Medicine; literary and scientific conceptual as well as historical.Born on 1st November 1920. Graduated in 1940 and got A.M.S. degree from H.H.U. in 1st class. Also did M.A. in Sanskrit and Hindi and Sahityacharaya.In September 1963 joined as Professor on Dravyaguna in the Post Graduate institute of Indian Medicine Banaras Hindu University and later worked as Director of the Institute. Now Senior Professor and Head of the Department of Dravyaguna and Dean Faculty of Indian Medicine Institute of Medical Sciences Banaras Hindu University.Contributions:- Published about 300 papers and 30 books.INTRODUCTIONSince the earliest times fruits are the common and important items of man s diet. In earliest times when man lived in forest he had to fill his belly with fruits and tubers whatever he could find in natural surroundings because till then he knew no cultivation and cooking. Hence there was no any way out for maintenance of his life.The Proto-Australoids who displaced the negritos the earliest inhabitants of India started crude form of cultivation. It is said that they used fruits like Kadali Narikela Jambu Dadima and Bhavya in their diet.The Dravidians who came next used fruits like Panasa Cinca and Puga.The Indus valley civilisation shows that those people at Harappa and Mohanjodaro used fruits like Kharjura Narikela Dadima Kadali and Nimbuka. when we come to the Vedic period we see considerable increase in the number and variety of fruits. Pippala (t.
| Brand: CHAUKHAMBHA ORIENTALIA |
| Author: Prof. P.V.Sharma |
| Language: English |