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Consequently it is obvious that Jaina canonical texts abound in many mysteries of ancient lore of astronomical thought and many of them are yet to be unravelled through an intensive investigation of some works like Karma Pahuda, Bhadrabahu Samhita, etc. The study of Jaina school of astronomy has initiated the cumbersome task of filling in the big gap in between Jyotisa Vedange and Siddhanta astronomy. It has opened up new horizons for penetration into the coutemporary Buddhist School of astronomy. An intensive project is the need of the hour so as to delve into the secrets of ancient Indian astronomy with the spread of Buddhism abroad. A well-known American scientist, Dr Pingree, seems to haxe overloo ked the achievements of Jaina School of astronomy whilst he ascribes to Mesopotamia the origin of ancient Indian mathematical Astronomy. In fact, such a project has been first undertaken under the supervision of Dr. Shakti Dhar Sharma, Physics Department, Punjabi University, Patiala (India). The period of Post-Vedanga pre-Siddhanta Jaina school of astronomy has suddenly come to lime light.
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