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The Bakhshali manuscript

By Svami Satya Prakash Saravati , Usha Jyotishmati

Book information

Publisher
Arvind printers
Year
1979
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
5 MB (4772296 bytes)
Pages
\205
Time added
2022-04-28 19:40:01

Description

Table Of Contents Introduction Chajakputra, the scribe How the text was found The manuscript The script The language Order & arrangement of folios Contents of the manuscript Generalized arithmetic & algebra Text is of Indian form Is the work homogeneous? The script (details) An indigenous Hindu treatise Various opinions about its age Bakhshali manuscript older than the present manuscript Bakhshali work, a commentary Present manuscript, a copy Exposition & method Fundamental operations Square roots and surds Rule of three Calculation of errors & process of reconciliation Negative sign Least common multiple Arithmetical notation Regula falsi Known still earlier in India The rupona method Proofs Solutions Symbols for the unknown Plan of writing equations Certain complex series Systems of linear equations Quadratic indeterminate equations Happy collaboration of the East & West Appendix: Weights & measures The Bakhshali Text (Transliterated in Devanagari Script) Index

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