[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) › c23.2 # Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c23.2 Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c23.2 - **Language:** English ### [c23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c23.2) 1\. Like the Greeks, as Whewell admits, the Hindus also "felt the importunate curiosity with regard to the definite application of the idea of cause and effect to visible phenomena," "drew a strong line between a fabulous legend and a reason rendered," and "attempted to ascend to a natural cause by classing together phenomena of the same kind." (This scientific attitude of mind Whewell does not find in any non-Greek except the Hindu! He forgets altogether the claims of the Chinese.) - [Previous: c23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c23.1) - [Next: c23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c23.3) - [Up: c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c23.2) · Pramāṇa