A Concise History of Science in India c3.1

Language: English

c3.1

| | *Page* |
| PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . | v |
| ILLUSTRATIONS, TABLES AND PLATES . . . . | xiii |
| 1. A SURVEY OF SOURCE MATERIALS *by* S. N. SEN, *Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta* . . | 1 |
| Archaeological Sources . . . . . . . | 1 |
| The Vedic Literature . . . . . . . | 15 |
| The *Vedāṅgas*, the *Sūtras* and the Origin of Sanskrit Scientific Literature . . . . . . . . . | 23 |
| The Philosophical *Sūtras* and *Bhāṣyas* . . . . . | 27 |
| The *Arthaśāstra*, the *Nītiśāstra* and related Arts and Sciences | 32 |
| The Epics, the *Purāṇas*, the Poetics and the *Bṛhatsaṃhitā* . | 35 |
| Buddhist Literary Sources . . . . . . . | 38 |
| Jaina Literary Sources . . . . . . . | 42 |
| Persian and Arabic Sources . . . . . . | 45 |
| Special Sciences . . . . . . . . | 50 |
| 2. ASTRONOMY *by* S. N. SEN, *Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta* . . . . . . | 58 |
| Astronomical Knowledge as revealed in the *Saṃhitās*, *Brāhmaṇas* and *Sūtras* . . . . . . . | 60 |
| Late Vedic and Pre-Siddhāntic Astronomy, Jaina Astronomy | 78 |
| The Period of the Composition of the Astronomical *Siddhāntas*—the Five *Siddhāntas*, the *Sūrya-siddhānta*, the Astronomical Works and Commentaries of the Period . | 81 |
| Some Astronomical Topics in the *Siddhāntas* . . . . | 103 |
| Interrelationship between Indian, Greek, Chinese and Arabic Astronomy . . . . . . . . . | 130 |
| 3. MATHEMATICS *by* S. N. SEN, *Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta* . . . . . . | 136 |
| Metrology and Computations in Prehistoric Times . . | 137 |