Agriculture, Botany & Everyday Tech
Plant science and grafting (Vrikshayurveda)
c. 10th c. CE (older roots)Surapala and agrarian traditionVrikshayurvedaUttar Pradesh
901 CE
A treatise on plant health, soil, seeds, grafting and plant diseases.
- Dated
- 901 CE–1000
- As scholars put it
- c. 10th c. CE (older roots)
- Originator
- Surapala and agrarian tradition
- Source text
- Vrikshayurveda
- Region
- Uttar Pradesh
- Discipline
- Agriculture, Botany & Everyday Tech
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Systematic botany/horticulture developed later in the West.
Fair to say
A traditional agronomic text, not modern botany.
Path to modern innovation
Early horticulture and plant pathology.
Transmission
Indigenous agronomic knowledge.
References
- 1Surapala's Vrikshayurveda
Further reading
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