[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918) › c14.8 # Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c14.8 Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c14.8 - **Language:** English ### [c14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c14.8) 6. Annual precession of the equinoxes, 7. Relative size of the sun and the moon as compared with the earth, 8. The greatest equation of the centre for the sun: With regard to these calculations, the Hindus "are more nearly correct than the Greeks."³ - [Previous: c14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c14.7) - [Next: c14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c14.9) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c14.8) · Pramāṇa