[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) › c8.16 # Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c8.16 Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c8.16 - **Language:** English ### [c8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c8.16) The principal curiosity here is the observatory, built by Mawnsing, the son of Jysing, about 200 years ago; there is an exceedingly good mural arch cut upon a fine plaister of chunam, so fine and smooth, that it has the appearance of marble; and though it is certainly very old, it still is perfect, but the index is wanting; that is a loss which could very easily be supplied by a person who has a taste for these studies; for the centres are left in the wall. - [Previous: c8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c8.15) - [Next: c8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c8.17) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c8.16) · Pramāṇa