Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c2.1

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The present work deals with an account of the development of mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India. It is divided into seven chapters relating respectively to Scholars of Mathematics, Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry, Infinitesimal Calculus and Trend of Indo-Persian/Arabic literature on Mathematics in the Medieval Period. In these chapters an account of the Indian works in mathematics and a critical review of the subject as well as some mathematical techniques, concepts and methods in ancient and medieval India, which have not hitherto received attention from modern scholars have been discussed and interpreted. Comparative developments in other countries and their chronological relationship have also been referred to wherever necessary.