Book ID: CBB560452830

History of the Sky - On Stones (2016)

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Shylaja, B. S. (Author)
Ganesha, Geetha Kydala (Author)


Infosys Foundation


Publication Date: 2016
Physical Details: 152
Language: English

Study of stone inscriptions as sources of records of astronomical events from 8th century AD to about 17th century from different parts of South India, mostly Karnataka.

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Authors & Contributors
Kapoor, R. C.
Shylaja, B. S.
Orchiston, Wayne
Misra, Anuj
Marion Frenger
Sirirat Somchuea
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Indian Journal of History of Science
NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin
History of Science in South Asia
Sciamvs: Sources and Commentaries in Exact Sciences
Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science
Publishers
Peeters
Brill
University of Pennsylvania
Concepts
Astronomy
Inscriptions
Eclipses; transits; occultations; conjunctions
Mathematics
Astronomical observatories
India, civilization and culture
People
Le Gentil de la Galaisière, Guillaume J.
Colebrooke, Henry Thomas
Ptolemy
Bhaskara I
Aryabhata I
Time Periods
Ancient
19th century
Medieval
18th century
Prehistory
Renaissance
Places
India
Greece
Southeast Asia
Mesopotamia
Middle and Near East
Egypt
Institutions
Kerala School of Astronomy and Mathematics (India)
East India Company (English)
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