Algebra, with Arithmetic and Mensuration: From the Sanscrit of Brahmegupta and Bhascara

Brahmagupta; H. T. Colebrooke

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Brahmagupta
Translated by H. T. Colebrooke

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: June 2014
Print publication year:: 2013
First published in:: 1817
Online ISBN:: 9781139505901
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139505901

Subjects:: Mathematics, History of Mathematical Texts, Area Studies, South Asian History, Asian Studies
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society

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The scholar and East India Company administrator Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765–1837) brought India's rich mathematical heritage to the attention of the wider world with the publication of this book in 1817. Based on Sanskrit texts, it contains English translations of classic works by the Indian mathematicians and astronomers Brahmagupta (598–668) and Bhascara (1114–85), who were instrumental thinkers in the development of algebra. Included here are translations of chapters 12 and 18 of Brahmagupta's best-known work, Brahmasphutasiddhanta, focusing on arithmetic and algebra respectively. Also included in this book are translations of two of the greatest works by Bhascara: Lilavati, his treatise on arithmetic, and Bijaganita, on algebra. Furthermore, Colebrooke's introduction aims to position the Indian advancement of algebra in relation to its development by the Greeks and Arabs.

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