History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c3.3

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The above plan of the book has been adopted in pursuance of our intention to place before those who have no access to the Sanskrit sources all evidence, unfavourable as well as favourable, so that they can judge for themselves the claims of Hindu mathematics, without depending solely on our statements. In order to facilitate comparison with the development of mathematics in other countries the various topics have been arranged generally in accordance with the sequence in Professor D. E. Smith’s *History of Mathematics*, Vol. II. This has sometimes necessitated divergence from the arrangement of topics as found in the Hindu works on mathematics.