Science and technology in ancient India

Godbole, Angad

ISBN: 9789390393855, 939039385X

Indian science has come a long way from the sculpture of the bronze dancer and the advanced urbanization found in the Indus valley civilization to the exploration of the surface of the moon. Today, India is famous all over the world due to ISRO, DRDO, IT sectors, but ancient India was also advanced from the point of view of science and technology. India has achieved significant achievements in ...

The riddle of the infinite or Ananta

Burde, Jayant

ISBN: 9788120841680, 8120841689

This book explores the bizarre but fascinating world of infinity in different disciplines of knowledge; mathematics, science, philosophy and religion.ÿIt projects the views of eastern as well as western scholars.

The imperishable seed

Kamble, Bhaskar

ISBN: 9798885750189, 8885750184

Students of mathematics learn of Pascal's Triangle, Fibonacci Sequence, Rolle's Theorem and Taylor Series. But they do not learn that these concepts were expounded much earlier than their supposed discoveries in Europe by Indian mathematicians such as Pingala, Hemachandra, Bhaskara and Madhava. Many of the fields of mathematics today-from the decimal representation of numbers and simple arithme...

Meru Prastaar: the wonder world of Indian mathematics

Halai, Chandrahas M.

ISBN: 9798885750455, 8885750451

If you want to master mathematics, study Indian Mathematics. For Indian Mathematics, this is the book. Did you know that the binary number system was developed in India? That algebra was also developed in ancient India? That Baudahyana's Sulbasutra predates Pythagoras theorem? What is popularly called the Pascal's triangle is predated by Pingala's Meru Prastaar by at least 1,800 years.

A biography of world civilizations, 3 vols.

Nagendra, Jaya S.

ISBN: 9788121220101, 8121220106

Vol.1: Migration of People, Ancient Egypt, Sumerial Education, India (ISBN 9788121220347); Vol.2: Greece, China, Persia, Rome (ISBN 9788121220354); Vol.3: Europe, The Middle East , Maya and Aztec,United States of America (ISBN 9788121220361). It is an essential guide for anyone who wants to broaden their knowledge. Explore the History of Egypt, Greece, Sumer/ Mesopotamia, Persia,Europe, Middle ...

A dictionary of English and Sanskrit

Williams, Monier

ISBN: 9788121243445, 8121243440

The present dictionary is designed to meet the long-felt need of the English knowing reader, who is interested in the study of classical as well as modern Sanskrit. It covers a very large field-Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata, Puranas and Upapuranas, Smrti and Niti literature, Darsanas or Systems of Philosophy, such as Nyaya, Vedanta, Mimamsa, Sankhya and Yoga, Grammar, Rhetoric, Poe...

Mathematics of tantra

Burde, Jayant

ISBN: 9789391024680, 9391024688

Tantra is a heterodox system of worship. While its followers consider it as a potential source of acquiring spiritual and supernatural powers, in the minds of common people it evokes a mixture of awe and fear similar to the dread produced by black magic and sorcery. In this book the author analyses tanra using a structural approach from a neutral ground.

Vedic mathematics for all ages: a beginners guide

Singhal, Vandana

ISBN: 9789390713721, 9390713722