Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c10.18

c10.18

Dharma Nārāyan ibn Kalyānmal Kayath wrote a Persian commentary in 1663–64 A.D. at Etawah on the *Līlāvatī* under the title *Badā’ i-i-Funūn* and dedicated to Alamgir Aurangzeb (1659–1709). The copies of manuscripts are listed by C. A. Story. This shows that the *Līlāvatī* received recognition among the Mughal emperors. Manuscript copies of Faizi’s version are deposited in the British Museum, India Office Library and John Rylands Library in Manchester to mention a few. Another version *Dastūr al Ḥisāb: Tarjuma-i-Līlāvatī* was prepared by Amīn b Shaikh Muḥammed Sa’īd in 1678 A. D. The incomplete Manchesther copy has been translated by Winter and Mirza, the work contains a selection of examples taken from the *Līlāvatī*. The examples include problems on investigation of mixture, rule of three, inverse proportion, compound proportion etc. and concern primarily business transaction.