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Foreword – K. T. Pandurangi . . . iii

Preface – Editors . . . v

ASTRONOMY

1.1 Source Materials on Indian Mathematics and Astronomy – K. V. Sarma . . . . 1

1.2 Uttarayana – K. D. Abhyankar . . . . . . 10

1.3 The Evolution of Methodologies of Pancanga Computations from Vedic Times up to the Present – S. D. Sharma . . . . 14

1.4 Astronomicl Intruments of Bhaskara II and After – Yukio Ohashi . . . . 19

1. 5 On Parallax – George Abraham . . . . 24

1.6 Al-Biruni and Indian Astronomy – T. S. Sanaullah Bintory . . . . . 30

I. 7 Interaction of Arab and Persian Astronomers with India – Saleh Mohammed Alladin . . . 32

MATHEMATICS

2.1 The Development of Mathematics in Ancient India: Role of Brahmagupta – K. Venkatachaliyengar . . . . 36

2.2 Mathematical Heritage of India – Alexander Volodarsky . . . . 48

2.3 Highlights of Mathematical Developments in India – R. C. Gupta . . . . .55

2.4 Enrichment of Mathematical Sciences in India through Arabic and Persian –

Wazir Hasan Abdi . . . . . 63

2.5 Bhaskara ‘s Contribution to Mathematics – K. S. Nagarajan. . . . . . .78

2.6 Mahaviracarya’s Contribution to Mathematics

2.7 Modern Set Theory in Ancient Indian Mathematics and Philosophy – M. V. Jambunathan . . . . .95

2.8 Mathematical Recreations in India – S. N. Narahari Pandit . . . . . 101

MEDICINE AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

3.1 Fundamental Characteristics of Ayurveda – B. Roma Rao . . . . . . 108

3.2 Onani Medicine During Mughal Reign in India – R. L. V,rma. . . . . 113

3.3 Siddha System of Medicine – V. Narayanaswamv . . . . . 127

3.4 Environment Stress on the Human Body – M. Mahadeva Sastr y . . . . . . . 132

3.5 Minerals of Siddha and Ayurvrda – S. R. N. Murthy . . . . . . . . .140

3.6 Garcia da Orta – His life and Researches in India – Dr. Joseph Barros . . . . . . 146

3.7 Medical Conditions in Goa of Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century – a Study of Foreign Travelogues – Lourdes Bravo da Costa . . . . .154

3.8 Systematic Botany in Ancient India – S. Sundara Rajan . . . . . . . . 162

3.9 Indian Medicinal Plants as seen by a Dutch Naturalist – K. S. Manilal . . . . . . .170

TECHNOLOGY

4.1 Ancient Mining in Khetri Copper Belt, Rajasthan, India – K. R. Raghu Nandan . . . . . . 177

4.2 Antiquity of Minerals in India : an Approach to the Studies – Arun Kumar Biswas . . . . . .183

4.3 Ancient Indian Metallurgy – K. N. P. Rao . . . . . . 192

4.4 Agricultural Practices in Ancient India – Mira Roy . . . . . . 196

4.5 Concepts of Food and Nutrition in Ancient India – K. T. Achaya . . . . . . 210

4.6 Effective Development of Minor Irrigation – M. A. Tiru Narayan . . . . . .214

4.7 Mechanical Engineering in Ancient India – R. Ganesh . . . . . . 218

4.8 The Meaning of the Hindu Temple – K. N. Iengar . . . . . .232

CONCEPTUAL METHODOLOGIES :

MAN, NATURE AND SOCIETY : INDIAN APPROACH

5.1 Evolutionary Epistemology and its Relation to India Quantitative or Qualitative Natural Science? – Karl Kadlez . . . . .238

5.2 The Concepts of Space and Time in Indian Philosophy – K. T. Pandurangi . . . . . . 244

5.3 Indian Approach to Formal Science – M. D. Srinivas. . . . . . . 248

5.4 Samkhya Man and the World – M. S. Shastri . . . . . . 263

5.5 The Vedic Mathematics and Their Social Values – A. K. Bag . . . . . . 271

5.6 Reflections on the Philosophical Basis of Indian Science – Arun Kumar Biswas . . . . . . 276

Index . . . . . . 281