ISBN: 9788182205697    Publisher: Global Vision Publishing House Year of publishing: 2012     Format:  Hardback Language: English

Historical and conceptual development of Hindu astronomy from inception to harmonisation is described in this revised edition which is divided into seven chapters. The very first chapter deals with the astronomical knowledge revealed in the Hindu scriptures, which Greco-Bactrian influence on early Hindu astronomers Aryabhata's interpretation of scientific planetary astronomy. Mathematical implications of astronomical siddhantas are interpreted in fourth chapter. Fifth chapter explains life and works of Hindu astronomers and the contribution of Kerala and other modern School of Astronomy in modern astronomical interpretations is described in sixth chapter.
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P.D Sharma was born in Gorakhpur but spent most of his youth overseas. He returned to India to do M.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur. He works as a teacher in IIT Kanpur.
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