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B - Sulva 1000 - 500 B.C. 2. Childhood period (Saisava kāla) - 500 B.C. - 500 A.D. 3. Middle period (Madhya kāla) - 500 A.D. - 1200 A.D. 4. Later period (Uttara kāla) – 1200 A.D. - 1800 A.D. 5. Modern period (Adhunika kāla) – 1800 A.D. onwards Some otherways for compilation of History of mathematics in India may
be -
(a) Area wise (b) Language wise (c) Religion wise
The well known book on History of Mathematics written by D.E. Smith, which is available in 2 vols. is written in two ways simultanously.
Vol. - 1 Period wise Vol.- 2 Subject wise
The book entitled 'Muslim Contribution to the Mathematics written by Abdullah Aldaffa is an example of religion wise studies. Greek Mathematics by Heath and Chinese Mathematics by J. Needham are the good example of area wise studies. But, in a country like India, where so many languages are in practice at that time and still being used very well and where people of different faiths live together but believe in their own religion. It is rather difficult to do justice with all the manuscripts of different scripts and different religions by one author. A north Indian scholar, who do not know Kannada or Tamil cannot do justice with the manuscripts of these languages or scripts. On the basis of it, I can firmly say that today there is a strong need of a book which can give a consolidated picture on Indian Contribution to Mathematics. The two new books - 1. Ancient Indian Mathematics by T.S. Bhanumurthi, Willey Eastern Ltd., New
Delhi, 1992 2. Mathematics in History, Culture, Philosophy and Science by Sarju Tiwari,
Mittal Publication, Delhi, 1997 are not able to serve the purpose completely.
I think there is no need to list out the Indian Contributions to Mathematics because it has been already given in the books already mentioned above and its listing will positively increase the length of this talk which is not suitable
Arhat Vacana, January 2000
| SR No. | 526545 |
| Book Title | Arhat Vachan 2000 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Anupam Jain |
| Publisher | Kundkund Gyanpith Indore |
| Publication Year | 2000 |
| Total Pages | 104 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Arhat Vachan, & India |
| File Size | 24 MB |