History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s1.24
History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s1.24
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the other symbolical (*râśigata*).”¹ We do not know who was the first in India to use geometrical methods for demonstrating algebraical rules. Bhâskara II (1150) ascribes it to “ancient teachers.”²