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- Title
India: INDIAN ASTRONOMY.
- Authors
PINGREE, DAVID
- Abstract
The article discusses Indian astronomers' approach and contribution to astronomy. Topics discussed include the history of mathematical astronomy in India, Sanskrit translation of Greek astronomical and astrological texts, and reasons for the lack of concern with Indian observational astronomy. Also discussed are the failure of Indian astronomers in correctly predicting luni-solar conjunctions and oppositions and alternative solutions used by Indians in developing mathematical astronomy.
- Subjects
INDIA; ASTRONOMICAL mathematics; ASTRONOMY in literature; GREEK astronomy; GREEK astrology; ASTRONOMERS; HISTORY of astronomy
- Publication
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 2014, Vol 104, Issue 3, p205
- ISSN
0065-9746
- Publication type
Article