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The Ganitasarakaumudi was composed in the early fourteenth century at Delhi by the Jain polymath Thakkura Pheru who held a high position at the treasury of Als’ al- Din Khalji, and contributed to the popularization of science by producing six treatises in Apabharamsa verse on diverse scientific subjects.The Ganitasarakaumudi extends the range of mathematics far beyond the traditional framework. The first three chapters are structured like the earlier ...
The fifteen papers collected in this volume are related to the author's investigations into the history of astronomical instruments in India. This history, so far untouched by others, is dominated by two currents: on the one hand the resilience of certain archaic instruments that held sway for long, on the other the receptivity of Indian astronomers towards exotic instruments from other cultures. Hence the title: The Archaic and the Exotic.The first part of ...
This is a translation of Vedische Mythology by A. Hillebrandt, thoroughly revised and rearranged in the second edition. The author discusses the deities in two volumes, elaborately treating Soma and Indra. He also lays down the methodology he adopted for interpreting Vedic Mythology. This is a highly resourceful work on the subject.
Rampur Raza Library, a premier repository of Arabic and Persian manuscripts, possesses also a valuable collection of eleven astronomical instruments, such as astrolabes, celestial globes and quadrants. These were produced in India, in the Middle-East and in Europe between the thirteenth and the nineteenth century. Scientific instruments of the pre-modern period, like literary documents, constitute an important source for the reconstruction of the history of ...