Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c4.s4.104

c4.s4.104

The koṣṭhakas described in the preceding pages come mostly from western India with a few representatives of a tradition in Kāśī and Bengal. This bias reflects a real situation in the history of Indian astronomy to which we have previously referred—that is, the influence of the Islamic zīj on the Indian koṣṭhaka. However, other parts of India were not without such tables, though those known to me tend to be late.²³⁴ Moreover, the next section of this chapter will describe texts containing versified tables used in South India in imitation of those found in siddhāntas and karaṇas. It was generally in this form that astronomical functions were tabulated in those parts of India not subject to a direct and profound Islamic influence.