Bharatiya Jyotihshastra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v2.c8.1

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A treatise in Marathi “Bharatiya Jyotish Sastracha Prachin Ani Aryachin Itihas” by Sankar Balakrishna Dikshit, first published in the year 1896, is perhaps the only book on the history of the Indian Astronomy from ancient to modern times. Publication of an English translation of this monumental work was undertaken by the Meteorological Department of India in accordance with a recommendation by the late Professor M. N. Saha, D.Sc., F.R.S., Chairman of the Calendar Reform Committee. The first part of the English translation of this treatise, namely, “Bharatiya Jyotish Sastra, Part I” containing a history of Indian Astronomy in the Vedic and Vedanga period from ancient times upto 1000 B.C. was published by this department in 1968. The present volume contains an English translation of the remaining parts of the original treatise on the Siddhantic and the Modern periods.