Book: History of Sciences in Ancient India
Title: Pracheen bhartiya vigyan ke itihaas ke kuchh pahlu
Author: Mohammad Naseem
Publisher: Zarnigar, Varanasi
Price: Rs. 120
Year: 2006
Dr. Mohammad Naseem is a teacher of ancient Indian history at Banaras Hindu University (BHU). Though this book break no new ground when it comes to the history of Indian sciences but it brings lot of important information about sciences in pre-medieval India in one book. Written in Hindi, this valuable information about our scientific past is made accessible to a vast number of people in North India.
This book lists important discoveries made in the field of Mathematics, Astronomy & Astrology, Agriculture, Life Sciences, Medicine, and Metallurgy in Ancient India.
There is lot of knowledge contained in India’s ancient books like Vedas that needs to be studied in a scientific way. Even with all the claims about India’s glorious tradition not much work has been done to bring it closer to the masses. We know more about Aristotle, Socrates, and Newton than our own philosophers and scientists.
If it was not for Muslims who came into contact with Indian books and translated it into Persian and Arabic, much of the Indian scientific contribution would have been lost. Thanks to Indians and Arabs many of the Indian mathematical discoveries eventually made it to Europe and now the whole world is using those methods.
The numerals beginning with 0 and ending in 9 is used all over the world today, in English these are called Arabic Numerals because as opposed to Latin Numerals, Europeans learned these from Arabs. But Arabs call these Hind-sa or Indian Numerals because they learned it from the Indians.
Author: Mohammad Naseem
Publisher: Zarnigar, Varanasi
Price: Rs. 120
Year: 2006
Dr. Mohammad Naseem is a teacher of ancient Indian history at Banaras Hindu University (BHU). Though this book break no new ground when it comes to the history of Indian sciences but it brings lot of important information about sciences in pre-medieval India in one book. Written in Hindi, this valuable information about our scientific past is made accessible to a vast number of people in North India.
This book lists important discoveries made in the field of Mathematics, Astronomy & Astrology, Agriculture, Life Sciences, Medicine, and Metallurgy in Ancient India.
There is lot of knowledge contained in India’s ancient books like Vedas that needs to be studied in a scientific way. Even with all the claims about India’s glorious tradition not much work has been done to bring it closer to the masses. We know more about Aristotle, Socrates, and Newton than our own philosophers and scientists.
If it was not for Muslims who came into contact with Indian books and translated it into Persian and Arabic, much of the Indian scientific contribution would have been lost. Thanks to Indians and Arabs many of the Indian mathematical discoveries eventually made it to Europe and now the whole world is using those methods.
The numerals beginning with 0 and ending in 9 is used all over the world today, in English these are called Arabic Numerals because as opposed to Latin Numerals, Europeans learned these from Arabs. But Arabs call these Hind-sa or Indian Numerals because they learned it from the Indians.
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