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An introduction to the Collected Writings of Dharampal | i --- | --- Acknowledgements | xxi Introduction | 1 Part I: SCIENCE | 37 I. Bramin’s Observatory at Benares (AD 1777) | 39 II. Remarks on the Astronomy of the Brahmins (AD 1970) | 48 III. Hints Concerning the Observatory at Benares (cir 1783) | 94 IV. On the Sixth Satellite of Saturn (AD 1783) | 107 V. A Proof that the Hindoos had the Binomial Theorem (1790) | 113 VI. Hindu Algebra (AD 1817) | 121 Part II: TECHNOLOGY | 147 VII. Operation of Inoculation of the Smallpox as Performed in Be ngal (AD 1731) | 149 VIII. An Account of the Manner of Inoculating for the Smallpox in the East Indies (AD 1767) | 151 IX. The Method of Making the Best Mortar at Madrass in East India (AD 1732) | 167 X. The Process of Making Ice in the East Indies (AD 1775) | 171