[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979) › c8.225 # Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c8.225 Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c8.225 - **Language:** English ### [c8.225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c8.225) The table of Al-Battani is undoubtedly an improvement over Indian and Greek chords. Abūl-wefa (c. 980 A. D.) computed the table of Ptolemy with much care.¹ By fourteenth century A. D. it was through Peurback (c. 1460 A.D.) and Regiomontanus (c. 1464 A. D.) that the European scholars in general became well acquainted with it.² - [Previous: c8.224](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c8.224) - [Next: c8.226](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c8.226) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c8.225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c8.225) · Pramāṇa