Prabodh Chandra Sengupta
Prabodh Chandra Sengupta (1876–1962)[1] was a historian of astronomy in ancient India. He was a Professor of Mathematics in Bethune College Calcutta and a lecturer in Indian Astronomy and Mathematics at the University of Calcutta.
Major works
- Ancient Indian chronology (1947)
- Khandakhadyaka: an astronomical treatise of Brahmagupta
- Āryabhaṭīya by Āryabhaṭa I
- Āryabhaṭa I, the father of Indian epicyclic astronomy
- Surya Siddhanta: a text-book of Hindu astronomy (along with Ebenezer Burgess, Phanindralal Gangooly)
- Greek and Hindu methods in spherical astronomy (1931)
References
- ↑ edited by Joseph Dauben,, Christoph Scriba. Writing the History of Mathematics - Its Historical Development. Springer. p. 315.
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