[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971) › c8.12 # Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c8.12 Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c8.12 - **Language:** English ### [c8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c8.12) Mr Fraser in his History of the Mogul Emperors, speaking of time says, ‘the Lunar year they reckon 354 days, 22 gurris, 1 pull; the Solar year they reckon 365 days, 15 gurris, 30 pulls, 22½ peels; 60 peels making 1 pull, 60 pulls 1 gurri, and 60 gurris 1 day. This is according to the Bramins or Indian priests, and what the Moguls and other Mahommedans in India chiefly go by.’ - [Previous: c8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c8.11) - [Next: c8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c8.13) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c8.12) · Pramāṇa