Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c10.42

c10.42

To sum up, the present chapter gives an incomplete survey of the Persian and Arabic literature on mathematics during the medieval period in India. It is by no means complete. The Persian and Arabic literatures were produced mostly under the patronage of Mughal rulers.¹ Many standard works were brought from outside India. Some of these are *Khulāṣtu'l Ḥisāb* of Bahā'ud-Dīn Āmulī (c. 1547-1621) written originally in Arabic in Iran, *Taḥrīr-i-Uqlidas* and *al-Mijisṭī*, Arabic version of Euclid's *Elements* and Ptolemy's *Almagest* by Nasīru'd-dīn aṭ-ṭūsi etc. besides some others on acountancy, which attracted attention of many Indian scholars.