What is Kanad Theory

Kanad Theory :-

• Ancient Bhartiya and Greek philosophers have always been astonished by the unknown and invisible forms of matter. Ideas had been expressed in Bharat about the concept of indivisibility of matter, as early as, in about 500 BC.
• Bhartiya philosopher Maharshi Kanad had postulated that if we go on dividing matter, we will be obtaining smaller particles and in the end we will reach the limit when the particle obtained cannot be further divided i.e. that minutest particle will be indvisible. He named this indivisible, minute particle as the ‘parmanu’. Another Bhartiya philosopher Pakudha Katyayana explained this idea in an elaborate form and stated that these particles are usually found in linked forms, which provide us with the different types of matter (element, compound, mixture).
• Approximately at the same time i.e. 460 to 370 BC, Greek philosopher Democritus and Lencippus, suggested that if we keep on dividing matter a point will be reached when the particle obtained cannot be divided further. They termed these indivisible particles as atoms (i.e. uncuttables).
• All the above mentioned views were on the basis of philosophical ideas. In 1808 John Dalton proposed the Atomic Theory and the credit of discovering atom was given to him.
• Dalton suggested the view of divisibility of matter which was then considered philosophical. The minutest, indivisible particles of matter, which were termed atom by the Greek philosophers, were designated by Dalton also, as atom. This theory of Dalton was based on the laws of chemical combination. Dalton’s Atomic Theory provided rational analysis of the law of Conservation of Mass and Law of Definite Proportions.