Chapter 1. Background: Culture and Language.- Chapter 2. Vedic Geometry.- Chapter 3. Antecedents? Mathematics in the Indus Valley.- Chapter 4. Decimal Numbers.- Chapter 5. Numbers in the Vedic Literature.- Chapter 6. From 500 BCE to 500 CE.- Chapter 7. The Mathematics of the Ganitapada.- Chapter 8. From Brahmagupta to Bhaskara II to Narayana.- Chapter 9. The Nila Phenomenon.- Chapter 10. Nila Mathematics (General Survey).- Chapter 11. The pi-series.- Chapter 12. The Sine and Cosine Series.- Chapter 13. The pi-Series Revisited: Algebra in Analysis.- Chapter 14. What is Indian about the Mathematics of India?.- Chapter 15. What is Indian . . .? The Question of Proofs.- Chapter 16. Upasamhara.
P.P. DIVAKARAN retired as professor from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai in 1996. Subsequently, he has spent time at several institutions as adjunct or visiting professor. The present book grew out of research done at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, as the holder of a Senior Award of the Homi Bhabha Fellowships Council.
“This is a very well-written account of the mathematics of India. There is a strong need for further research to fill the gaps that exist in the history of mathematics of India, and I think the current book serves to inspire the younger generation to undertake such an effort.” (Gnana B. Tenali, Mathematical Reviews, March 2, 2020)
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