The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c2.3

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From its very inception the National Commission for the Compilation of History of Sciences in India has laid emphasis on the study of primary source materials. In astronomy and mathematics such materials are abundant. In 1966, the same two scholars along with a third carried out a bibliographical study of Sanskrit works on astronomy and mathematics. This has been followed by critical editions, translations and commentaries of the works of Āryabhaṭa and Lalla by a number of scholars working for the National Commission. Now we have the *śulba* texts in the same series. We look forward to several such studies of our rich primary sources with a view to evolving a better understanding of the development of the various sciences in ancient and medieval India.