Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c10.11

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c10.11

Mullāchānd was also the court astronomer of Akbar. He wrote a work on astronomical table, *Tashīlāt*. This is referred by Farīd-ud-Dīn in *Zīj-i-Shāh-jahānī* and Jai Singh Sawāi in *Zīj-i-Muḥammad Shāhī*. Nīlakaṇṭha Jyotirvid who flourished in the court of Akbar compiled a *Tājik* work in which a large number of Persian technical terms were introduced.

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