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Civilization in Ancient India

1902

The Hindus evidently made great progress in the art at the time of the author of the Institutes for among the enmeration of the several kinds of production we find the names of rice pulses sugar-cane sesmum barley mustard flax and cotton some of which were not known to the Hindus of the preceding age. [...] “ Although it is generally supposed that the Setrya-siddlacinta is the oldest (of the eighteen astronomical works) yet some consider the Brahma-siddhcinta to be so and it is stated in the Sambhu-hordprakdsa (an astrological work) that the Soma-siddlanta is the first the Brahma-siddh anta the second and the Stirya-siddhcinta the third in the order of time. [...] The principal objects of Hindu astronomy were the rectification of the calendar the ascertainment of the chronological epochs and the calculation of the eclipses. [...] That they are caused by the influence of the moon they had no doubt "as the water in a plate becomes inflated by the heat of the fire so the water of the ocean increases by the waing of the moon. [...] The demonstrations of the various properties of triangles and qudrilaterals found in the works of Bhdskara and Brahmagupta the theorems from which the area of the circle is computed and also the superficies and solidity of the cone and sphere argue a very extensive knowledge of elementary * The Eleventh Discourse of Sir William Jones.
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Frontmatter
i-iv Nundolal Dey view
Chapter I Arts
1-35 Nundolal Dey view
Chapter II Sciences
36-74 Nundolal Dey view
Chapter III Literature
75-106 Nundolal Dey view
Chapter IV Philosophy and Religion
107-137 Nundolal Dey view
Chapter V Manners and Customs
138-174 Nundolal Dey view
Chapter VI Conclusion
175-213 Nundolal Dey view

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