The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c8.36

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c8.36

At the Lahore exhibition of 1864 were several astronomical instruments of interest—particularly some astrolabes from Kapūrthala. The list of instruments, drawn up by a Hindu astrologer, is curious and valuable.³ One of the entries is—"Yanti Rāj—the usturlāb of the Yunānī."

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