History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c3.5

v1.c3.5

It would not have been possible to carry our study as far as has been done without the spade work of previous writers. Foremost among these must be mentioned the late Pandit Sudhakar Dvivedi of Benares, whose editions of the *Lîlâvatî*, *Brâmasphuṭa-siddhânta*, *Triśatikâ*, *Mahâsiddhânta*, *Siddhânta-tattva-viveka*, etc., have been of immense help. Colebrooke's translations of the arithmetic and algebra of Brahmagupta and Bhâskara II, Kern's edition of the *Âryabhaṭîya* and Rangacarya's edition (with English translation) of the *Gaṇita-sâra-saṁgraha* of Mahâvîra have also been of much use. The recent work of G. R. Kaye, however, has been found to be extremely unreliable. His translation of the *Gaṇitapâda* of the *Âryabhaṭîya* and his edition of the Bakhshâlî Manuscript are full of mistakes and are misleading.