Bharatiya Jyotihshastra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v2.c15.s1.4
Bhāratīya Jyotiḥśāstra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v2.c15.s1.4
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This important article on the question whether the nakṣatra system originated with the Babylonians was written by Dr. Thibaut in 1894 in the Bengal Asiatic Society's Journal. Vol. 63 for the year 1894. A number of Babylonian tablets have been recently excavated. Father Epping took great pains to decipher the writings on the clay tablets with the help of Father Strassmaier and published some facts of astronomical interest in his book, Astronomisches and Babylon in 1889 A. D. The tablets which have been found, contain many