History of astronomy in India
By: editors, S.N. Sen, K.S. Shukla.
Contributors: Sen, S. N. 1918-; Shukla, Kripa Shankar.; Indian National Science Academy.
Edition: 2nd rev. ed.
Publisher: Indian National Science Academy
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 529
Subjects: Hindu astronomy; Astronomy -- India -- History
Description: Contributed articles.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-526) and index.
"Published for the National Commission for the Compilation of History of Sciences in India by the Indian National Science Academy."
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Foreword; title: Preface iii; title: Contents v; title: Abbreviations vi; title: 1. Survey of Source Materials - K.V. Sarma 1; title: 2. Development of Zij Literature in India - S.A. Khan Ghori 24; title: 3. Survey of Studies in European Languages - S.N. Sen 55; title: 4. Astronomy in Indus Civilization & during Vedic; title: Times - A.K. Bag 135; title: 5. Post-Vedic Astronomy - S.D. Sharma 146; title: 6. The Yuga System and the Computations of Mean and; title: True Longitudes - Arka Somayaji 162; title: 7. Eclipses, Parallax and Precession of Equinoxes - S.D. Sharma 208; title: 8. Phases of the Moon, Rising and Setting of Planets and Stars; title: and their Conjunctions - K.S. Shukla 236; title: 9. Indian Calendar from Post-Vedic Period to A.D. 1900'-; title: S.K. Chatterjee and A.K. Chakravarty 276; title: 10. Astronomical Instruments - R.N. Rai 337; title: 11. Astronomical Observatories - S.D. Sharma 367; title: 12. Introduction of Modern Western Astronomy in India during; title: 18-19 Centuries - S.M.R. Ansari 395; title: 13. Astronomy in India in the 20th Century - J.C. Bhattacharyya; title: and A. Vagiswari 454.