A Concise History of Science in India c7.5

c7.5

Situated at the cross-roads of many cultures, it was not given to Indian mathematics to develop in isolation. Although what happened in the most ancient times must remain a matter of speculation, records of late ancient and medieval times show that Indian mathematics stimulated mathematical endeavours abroad and itself received inspiration from neighbouring and distant culture areas. Such stimuli have been noticed even in the case of the complex and many-sided phenomenon of European Renaissance of the sixteenth century.