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# Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development

Short survey of Hindu mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, medicine and engineering compared with contemporary Greek and European science.

- **Language:** English
- **Date:** 1887–1949 CE
- **Author:** [Benoy Kumar Sarkar](https://indike.org/pramana/person/sarkar-bk)
- **Extent:** 441 passages, 16,719 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · Longmans, Green & Co., New York 1918; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections by… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Benoy Kumar Sarkar †1949); published before 1931:…

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c1) — 10 parts
- [c2 Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c2) — 5 parts
- [c3 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c3) — 6 parts
- [c4 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c4) — 2 parts
- [c5 Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c5) — 69 parts
- [c6 Historical Perspective](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c6) — 26 parts
- [c7 I. Arithmetic](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c7) — 13 parts
- [c8 II. Algebra](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c8) — 14 parts
- [c9 III. Geometry](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c9) — 15 parts
- [c10 IV. Trigonometry](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c10) — 6 parts
- [c11 V. Co-ordinate Geometry](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c11) — 5 parts
- [c12 VI. Differential Calculus](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c12) — 8 parts
- [c13 VII. Kinetics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13) — 9 parts
- [c14 VIII. Astronomy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c14) — 15 parts
- [c15 IX. Physics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c15) — 26 parts
- [c16 X. Chemistry](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c16) — 23 parts
- [c17 XI. Metallurgy and Chemical Arts](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c17) — 14 parts
- [c18 XII. Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c18) — 24 parts
- [c19 XIII. Surgery](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c19) — 11 parts
- [c20 XIV. Anatomy and Physiology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c20) — 7 parts
- [c21 XV. Embryology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c21) — 24 parts
- [c22 XVI. Natural History](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c22) — 8 parts
- [c23 Conclusion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c23) — 10 parts
- [c24 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c24) — 27 parts
- [c25 Works by Benoy Kumar Sarkar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c25) — 25 parts

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