[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970) › v3.c12.1738 # Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v3.c12.1738 Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v3.c12.1738 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c12.1738](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.1738) Born at Laharpur in Oudh, Ṭoḍaramalla began his career as a clerk in the Mughal bureaucracy under Akbar (1556/1605). He served in the negotiations with Khān Zamān of Jaunpur in 1565, took part in the siege of Chitor in 1567/1568, investigated the defences of Surat in 1572, made the revenue settlement of Gujarat in 1574 and entered the central government's finance department, took part as a general in Akbar's campaigns in Bengal in 1574/1575, served as governor of Gujarat in 1576/1577, was in charge of the Bengal mint in 1577, became wazīr in 1577/1578, suppressed the rebellion in Bengal in 1580, and was appointed dīwān in 1582/1583. He died in November of 1589. Between \*ca.\* 1572 and 1582 Nīlakaṇṭha (\*fl.\* 1569/1587) published for him the jyotiṣa sections of a vast encyclopedia entitled \*Toḍarānanda\*; this is often ascribed to Toḍaramalla (or Toḍaravarman) in the manuscripts. See P. V. Kane \[1930/62\] vol. 1, pp. 421–423, and \*Toḍarānanda\*, vol. 1, edited by P. L. Vaidya, \*Gaṅgā OS\* 5, Bikaner 1948. - [Previous: v3.c12.1737](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.1737) - [Next: v3.c12.1739](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.1739) - [Up: v3.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12) ## Cites (1) - [Toḍararāja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.sangraha.nibandha.todararaja) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.1738](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.1738) · Pramāṇa