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Who postulated the idea of Parmanu as the smallest particles of matter?
Maharishi Kanad
What did Democritus call the indivisible particles obtained when matter is divided?
Atoms
Who elaborated Maharishi Kanad's doctrine of Parmanu and its existence in combined form?
Pakudha Katyayama
Who laid the foundation of chemical sciences by establishing two important laws of chemical combination?
Antoine L. Lavoisier
What did ancient Indian and Greek philosophers wonder about regarding matter?
Unknown and unseen form of matter
Test your knowledge about the ancient Indian and Greek philosophers and their theories about the nature of matter. Explore the ideas of divisibility of matter, smallest particles, and the early philosophical thoughts on the composition of the universe.
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