{"product_id":"a-historical-view-of-the-hindu-astronomy-from-the-earliest-dawn-of-that-science-in-india-to-the-present-time-paperback-9781108055420","title":"A Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy; From the Earliest Dawn of that Science in India to the Present Time (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108055420","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom the Earliest Dawn of that Science in India to the Present Time\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst published in 1825, this monograph charts the history of Indian astronomy from its Vedic origins to the modern era.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Bentley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108055420, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 February 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e334 pages, 9 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eShrouded in poetry, the earliest accounts of Hindu astronomy can strike modern readers as obscure. They involve the marriage of the moon to twenty-seven princesses, a war between gods and giants, and shadows that give birth to planets. In this fascinating study, first published in Calcutta in 1823 and reissued here in the 1825 edition, John Bentley (c.1750–1824) strives to strip back the mythical aspects of the stories to reveal their foundations. He points out that early Hindu astronomers divided the night sky into twenty-seven sections; that a solar eclipse could have been described as an epic war between light and dark; and that Saturn is often observed in the Earth's shadow. Using data from modern astronomical tables, he dates events, texts and people, whether mythical or factual, as well as charting the history of Indian astronomy from its earliest records to its modern developments.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I: 1. The early part of the Hindu astronomy involved in great obscurity\u003cbr\u003e 2. Rama\u003cbr\u003e 3. The war between the gods and the giants in the west\u003cbr\u003e 4. Commencement of the third astronomical period\u003cbr\u003e 5. Commencement of the fifth astronomical period\u003cbr\u003e Part II: 1. Commencement of the eighth astronomical period\u003cbr\u003e 2. System of Varaha\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Arya Siddhanta\u003cbr\u003e 4. Vahara Mihira, like Aryabhatta, endeavours to support the new order of things\u003cbr\u003e 5. The cause of Varaha Mihira being thrown back into antiquity by the moderns explained\u003cbr\u003e 6. Self-defence the object of this section\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004400226584,"sku":"9781108055420","price":34.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108055420i_fc0bb315-dd19-4c74-8c77-1d42ffd72de5.jpg?v=1696747252","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-historical-view-of-the-hindu-astronomy-from-the-earliest-dawn-of-that-science-in-india-to-the-present-time-paperback-9781108055420","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}