A Concise History of Science in India c7.s5.4

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c7.s5.4

In the south, Fīrūz Shāh of the Bahamanī Kingdom was a great scholar and patron of science and learning. He was fond of geometry and botany, among the scientific subjects, used to invite to his court learned men from abroad, and caused an astronomical observatory to be built (A.D. 1407) on the summit of a pass near Daulatābād.

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