Project of History of Indian science and civilization (PHISPC) is a project initiated by the Centre for Studies in Civilizations under the editorship of Professor D. P. Chattopadhyaya in India. The series also contains 20 monographs.
PHISPC is a large-scale literary project funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The goal of the project is to publish fifty volumes of books and anthologies, thirty of which will be major volumes, and twenty of which are to be monographs. According to the last update on the projects website, seven volumes and eleven monographs have been published, and in the financial year 2001-02, 7-8 more volumes were to be published, as well as one monograph.
A project aimed at corroborating the Indian traditions (pertaining to the various branches of sciences) with the extant Archaeological Remains of India (dated members) on completion has now been published in Germany, in September 2010. This work is entirely Archaeology Based that are in situ and hence - verifiable. The Book also reports about the whereabouts of 150 Palm leaf manuscripts (iron stylus engraved) of great antiquity; AND, also takes the non-Hindu readers into the store houses of Hindu shrines (considered as almanacs in stone) - that are out of bounds for the non-Hindus. "Indian Ancient Sciences" ISBN 978-3-8383-9027-7; Lap Lambert; Germany. The volumes (with many book parts) are divided thus:
Conceptual volumes in two parts on Science, Philosophy and Culture edited by D. P. Chattopadhyaya and Ravinder KumarVolume 1. The Dawn and Development of Indian Civilization.Part 1. The Dawn of Indian civilization, edited by Govind Chandra PandePart 2. Life, thought and culture in India (from c. 600 BC to c. AD 300) edited by Govind Chandra PandePart 3. India's interaction with
Southeast Asia, edited by Govind Chandra PandePart 4. A golden chain of civilization: Indian,
Iranian,
Semitic, and Hellenic, edited by Govind Chandra PandePart 5. Puranas, History and Itihasa edited by
Vidya Niwas MishraVolume 2. Life, Thought and Culture in India (AD 300 -1100)Volume 3. Development of Philosophy, Science and Technology in India and Neighbouring CivilizationsVolume 4. Fundamental Indian Ideas in Physics, Chemistry, Life Sciences and MedicineVolume 5. Agriculture in IndiaVolume 6. Culture, Language, Literature and ArtsVolume 7. The Rise of New Polity and Life in Villages and TownsVolume 8. Economic History of IndiaVolume 9. Colonial PeriodPart 1. Medicine in India: Modern Period, by O.P. Jaggi.
Volume 10. Towards IndependencePart 1. Development of Indian philosophy from eighteenth century onwards, by
Daya KrishnaVolume 15. Science pre IndependencePart 4. Edited by Umadas Gupta 2011
A sub-project in the larger project is Consciousness Science, Society, Value, and Yoga (CONSSAVY) with five planned volumes (each with several books):
Volume 1. Levels of RealityVolume 2. Theories of Natural and Life SciencesVolume 3. Natural and Cultural SciencesVolume 4. Science, Technology, Philosophy and YogaVolume 5. YogaVolume 6. "tantra Sadhana"The Monograph series of PHISPC has 20 planned volumes on different aspects of science, philosophy, and the arts. Thirteen of these volumes have already appeared:
Volume 1. Philosophy and Culture in Historical Perspective edited by D. P. Chattopadhyaya and Ravinder KumarVolume 2. Some Aspects of Indi's Philosophical and Scientific Heritage edited by D. P. Chattopadhyaya and Ravinder KumarVolume 3. "Mathematics, Astronomy and Biology in Indian Tradition edited by D. P. Chattopadhyaya and Ravinder KumarVolume 4. "Language, Logic and Science in India edited by D. P. Chattopadhyaya and Ravinder KumarVolume 5. Primal Spirituality of the Vedas: Its Renewal and Renaissance by R. BalasubramanianVolume 8. Prolegomena to any Future Historiography of Cultures and Civilizations by Daya KrishnaVolume 9. Science and Spirituality: A Quantum Integration edited by Amit Goswami and Maggie GoswamiVolume 13. The Architecture of Knowledge by Subhash Kak