Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Astronomical Manuscripts Preserved at the Maharaja Man Singh II Museum Un Jaipur, India: Memoirs, American Philo (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780871692504)

This catalogue of the astronomical manuscripts preserved at the Maharaja Man Singh Museum provides a substantial part of the foundation for an extensive & penetrating analysis of the astronomical activities of Saw Jayasimha Maharaja from 1700 to 1743. Jayasimha collected Sanskrit manuscripts of traditional Indian astronomy, acquired Arabic & Persian manuscripts representative of the Muslim interpretation of Ptolemaic astronomy, built five observatories at which he employed both Hindu & Muslim observers, & produced a set of astronomical tables in Persian based on the Latin tables of Philippe de La Hire.

Author: David Pingree
ISBN-10: 0871692503
ISBN-13: 9780871692504
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2003
Pages: 173
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d