History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.630

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It has been stated above (p. 480) that this work will not deal with pure astronomical questions; therefore, the author proposes to avoid going into details of astronomical computations. But something would have to be said about them as occasion requires. Those who are interested in ancient Indian astronomy and its later ramifications may consult and study the following works and articles; Warren's Kālasaṅkalita; the Sūryasiddhānta translated and annotated by Whitney; Indian Metrology by J. B Jervis, pp 174-259, the Pañca-siddhāntikā of Varāhamihira (text and translation by Thibaut and M. M. Suddhakar Dwivedi), S. B. Diksita's 'Bhāratīya Jyotiṣaśāstra' (in Marathi a masterly work); Sewell and Diksit's 'Indian Calendar' (1896); Sewell's 'Indian Chronography' (1912); Sewell's 'Siddhāntas and Indian Calendar'; 'Vedic Chronology and Vedāṅga-Jyotiṣa' by B. G. Tilak (1925): Divan Bahadur Swamikannu Pillai's 'Indian Ephemeris', 7 volumes (vol. I part 1 being general and the rest being Tables); V B. Ketkar's Jyotirganitam, Ketakī, Vaijayantī, Grahagaṇita and 'Indian and foreign chronology' (Extra Number LXXV-A of the JBBRAS); Jacobi's papers in Epigraphia Indica vol I pp. 403-460 (on computation of Hindu dates), vol. II. pp. 487-498 (tables for calculating Hindu dates in true local time), vol. XII. pp. 47 ff (for planetary tables), XII pp 158 ff (special Tables for Hindu dates), Sewell's papers in E. I. vol. 14 pp. 1 ff, 24 ff, vol. 15 pp. 159 ff, vol 16 pp 100-221 (on Ārya-siddhānta and Tables), vol. 17 pp 17 ff (on first Ārya-siddhānta), pp 173 ff (on Brāhmasiddhānta of Brahmagupta) and pp. 205 ff; Indian Historical Quarterly, vol. IV. pp 483-511, vol X pp. 332-336 (for Jain calendar); Nautical Almanac for 1935, explanations by J. K. Fotheringham pp. 754 ff; 'Ancient Indian chronology' by Prof. Sen-Gupta (1947, University of Calcutta); Karaṇa-kalpalatā (in Sanskrit) and Bhāratīya-Jyotiḥśāstra-nirīkṣaṇa (in Marathi) of Dr. K. L Daftari, Dr. M. N. Saha's paper on 'Reform of the Indian calendar' in 'Science and culture' (Calcutta), 1952 pp. 57-68, 109-123 and Report of the Calendar Reform Committee (published by the Government of India 1955, a very exhaustive and useful work.)