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HISTORY OF HINDU MATHEMATICS: A SOURCE BOOK (Part- II- ALGEBRA) Volume Part 2nd Volume Part 2nd

2021About the Book:-History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book is a treatise on the history of Indian mathematics. Originally published in two parts in 1930's. Part 1 of the book is divided into chapters. Chapter 1 gives details of the various methods employed by the Hindus for denoting numbers. The chapter also contains details of the gradual evolution of the decimal place value notation in India. Chapter 2 deals with arithmetic in general and it contains the details of various methods for performing the arithmetical operations using a "board". The evolution of the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, squaring, cubing, and the extraction square root and cube root are all discussed in detail. The whole of Part 2, running to about 307 pages, constitutes just one chapter numbered as Chapter 3 of the book. Some of the topics discussed in this chapter are linear equations with one unknown and with two unknowns, quadratic equations, linear indeterminate equations, solutions of equations of the form Nx2 + 1 = y2, indeterminate equations of higher degrees, and rational triangles. About the Author:- Bibhutibhushan Datta (1888 –1958) was a historian of Indian mathematics. He was a student of Ganesh Prasad, studied at University of Calcutta and secured the master's degree in mathematics in 1914 and doctorate degree in 1920 in applied mathematics. He taught at Calcutta University where he was lecturer at University Science College, and during 1924–1929 he was Rhashbehari Ghosh Professor of Applied Mathematics. During the 1920s and 1930s he created a reputation as an authority on the history of Indian mathematics. He was also deeply interested in Indian philosophy and religion. In 1929 he retired from his professorship and left the university in 1933, and became a sannyasin (an ascetic, a person who has renounced worldly pleasures) in 1938 under the name Swami Vidyaranya. History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book, written by him jointly with Avadhesh Narayan Singh (1901–1954) became a standard reference in the history of Indian mathematics. He also wrote a monograph on the Shulba Sutras. He published more than 70 research papers mostly related to history of Indian mathematics. The Title 'HISTORY OF HINDU MATHEMATICS: A SOURCE BOOK (Part- II- ALGEBRA) written/authored/edited by BIBHUTIBHUSAN DATTA, AVADHESH NARAYAN SINGH', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121260305 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 338 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History, Mathematics. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:- Part 2nd

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W.W. HunterMareMagnum

A Statistical Account of Bengal : DISTRICT OF PURI AND THE ORISSA TRIBUTARY STATES Volume 19th Volume 19th

2023About The Book : The Statistical Account of Bengal was published in 20 volumes. Each volume proceeds on a uniform pattern. Starting with a description of geography, general aspects and physical features, etc. of each district, it proceeds to a description of its people, their occupations, ethnical divisions and creeds, their material condition and distribution into town and country. Agriculture follows with very revealing information on land tenures, prices and wages, rates of rent and size of land-holdings, and the natural calamities to which the district is subject, Commerce, means of communication, manufactures, capital and interest, and other industrial aspects from the next item. The working of District Administration is then discussed in great detail-its revenue and expenditure; the statistics of protection to person and property, the police, the jails, and the criminal classes; the statistics of education and of the post office, with notices of any local institution, and the statistics of the Administrative Subdivisions. Each account concludes with information on topics like the sanitary aspects of the District, its medical topography, endemic and epidemic diseases, indigenous drugs, medical charities meteorological data, etc. The volumes have immense wealth of knowledge and are of special interest to research scholars, geographers, historians, sociologists, educationists and administrators. About The Author : Sir William Wilson Hunter KCSI CIE (1840 -1900) was a Scottish historian, statistician, a compiler and a member of the Indian Civil Service. He reached Bengal Presidency in November 1862 and was appointed assistant magistrate and collector of Birbhum, in the lower provinces of Bengal, He embarked on a series of tours throughout the country, and he personally supervised the accounts produced for Bengal (20 volumes, 1875-1877) and Assam (2 volumes., 1879). The statistical accounts, covering the 240 administrative districts, comprised 128 volumes and these were condensed into the nine volumes of The Imperial Gazetteer of India, which was published in 1881. The Gazetteer was revised in later series, the second edition comprising 14 volumes published between 1885 and 1887, while the third comprised 26 volumes, including an atlas, and was published in 1908. The Title 'A Statistical Account of Bengal : DISTRICT OF PURI AND THE ORISSA TRIBUTARY STATES written/authored/edited by W.W. Hunter', published in the year 2023. The ISBN 9788121298735 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 352 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Asian History, Mathematics . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:- 19th

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W.W. HunterMareMagnum

A Statistical Account of Bengal : DISTRICTS OF NADIYA AND JESSOR Volume 2nd Volume 2nd

2023About The Book : The Statistical Account of Bengal was published in 20 volumes. Each volume proceeds on a uniform pattern. Starting with a description of geography, general aspects and physical features, etc. of each district, it proceeds to a description of its people, their occupations, ethnical divisions and creeds, their material condition and distribution into town and country. Agriculture follows with very revealing information on land tenures, prices and wages, rates of rent and size of land-holdings, and the natural calamities to which the district is subject, Commerce, means of communication, manufactures, capital and interest, and other industrial aspects from the next item. The working of District Administration is then discussed in great detail-its revenue and expenditure; the statistics of protection to person and property, the police, the jails, and the criminal classes; the statistics of education and of the post office, with notices of any local institution, and the statistics of the Administrative Subdivisions. Each account concludes with information on topics like the sanitary aspects of the District, its medical topography, endemic and epidemic diseases, indigenous drugs, medical charities meteorological data, etc. The volumes have immense wealth of knowledge and are of special interest to research scholars, geographers, historians, sociologists, educationists and administrators. About The Author : Sir William Wilson Hunter KCSI CIE (1840 -1900) was a Scottish historian, statistician, a compiler and a member of the Indian Civil Service. He reached Bengal Presidency in November 1862 and was appointed assistant magistrate and collector of Birbhum, in the lower provinces of Bengal, He embarked on a series of tours throughout the country, and he personally supervised the accounts produced for Bengal (20 volumes, 1875-1877) and Assam (2 volumes., 1879). The statistical accounts, covering the 240 administrative districts, comprised 128 volumes and these were condensed into the nine volumes of The Imperial Gazetteer of India, which was published in 1881. The Gazetteer was revised in later series, the second edition comprising 14 volumes published between 1885 and 1887, while the third comprised 26 volumes, including an atlas, and was published in 1908. The Title 'A Statistical Account of Bengal : DISTRICTS OF NADIYA AND JESSOR written/authored/edited by W.W. Hunter', published in the year 2023. The ISBN 9788121298902 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 355 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Asian History, Mathematics . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:- 2nd

Gyan Books Pvt Ltd · Inde9,99 €

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