[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981) › c4.7 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c4.7 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c4.7 - **Language:** English ### [c4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.7) 1. Vedic (ca. 1000 B.C.—400 B.C.), in which some of the basic Indian calendaric terms were introduced,² but in which only a crude and rudimentary mathematical structure is evident. As there is no astronomical literature as such from this period it shall not be considered further in this book. - [Previous: c4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.6) - [Next: c4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.8) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.7) · Pramāṇa