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This celebrated work on Indian Astronomy by Burgess was first published in the Journal of American Oriental Society. Owing to the time, thought and patient diligence devoted to the task, this translation stands out as a model of research work in the field of Hindu Astronomy.
This edition, apart from re-printing the original translation, also carries an introduction which attempts at tracing the growth and development of the Surya Siddhanta as to its date, ...
The oldest and most important treatise of the post-Christian period on Indian Astronomy that has come down to us is the Surya Siddhanta that consists of 14 chapters written in slokas. Alberuni says that Lata was the author of this work. According to the introductory verses Surya, the sun-god, revealed it to Asura Maya in the city of Romaka. It was in 1860 C.E. that Reverend E. Burgess published his famous English translation of the Surya-Siddhanta in the Journal ...