History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.269
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.269
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North Lat; one who is to the north of Gāndhāra may quite naturally say that the ratio is about 3 to 2. Vide C. R. C. Report p. 225. Further in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol 8(pp. 6-26), Prof. Waerden points out (at p. 18) that even in Babylonia the great omen series started from the primitive ratio 2:1 and that it was only later that the more accurate value 3:2 became known.