A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s1: 1. Introductory

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The approach of the Kerala astronomers to the study of that discipline and the broad trends of their writings, as set out in the previous chapters, should form the natural background for an apprisal of the literature produced in the land on astronomy and, for the sake of fullness, also on the allied discipline of astrology. Such an apprisal is attempted in the two chapters that follow. In the present chapter, the major writers are taken note of and in the next chapter is presented a fully documented Inventory of the available literature on these disciplines. It may be noted that the said Inventory carries references to the manuscripts, editions and studies relating to as many as about 600 works on astronomy, astrology and mathematics and details of about 100 authors and authorities.