The insights provided in these lectures should be integrated with the textbooks on Ancient History of India.
The lectures are a treasure of information on contributions made by Hindu civilization and Indian scholars to the History of Mathematics.
Congratulations to Profs. Ramasubramanian, MD Srinivas and MS Sriram for this contribution to History of Science in general and to Mathematics, in particular.
Kalyanaraman
Last May, 2013 Prof. K. Ramasubramanian of IIT Bombay, Prof. M. S. Sriram of Madras University and myself delivered a course of 40 lectures on "Mathematics in India: From Vedic Period to Modern Times" under the NPTEL Programme of IIT Madras. The videos of these lectures have recently been uploaded by NPTEL at the URL
The lectures are a treasure of information on contributions made by Hindu civilization and Indian scholars to the History of Mathematics.
Congratulations to Profs. Ramasubramanian, MD Srinivas and MS Sriram for this contribution to History of Science in general and to Mathematics, in particular.
Kalyanaraman
Last May, 2013 Prof. K. Ramasubramanian of IIT Bombay, Prof. M. S. Sriram of Madras University and myself delivered a course of 40 lectures on "Mathematics in India: From Vedic Period to Modern Times" under the NPTEL Programme of IIT Madras. The videos of these lectures have recently been uploaded by NPTEL at the URL
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M D Srinivas