Studies in Indian Mathematics and Astronomy

Chapter 1. The Oeuvre of Kripa Shankar Shukla.- Chapter 2. Studies in Indian Mathematics: Bhaskara I to Narayana Pandita.- Chapter 3. Revised version of the Manuscript of the Third Volume of Datta and Singh.- Chapter 4. Studies in Indian Astronomy: From Vedic Period to the Emergence of Siddhantas.- Chapter 5. Development of Siddhantic Astronomy: Some Highlights.- Chapter 6. Reviews and Responses.

ADITYA KOLACHANA is a post-doctoral researcher at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, studying various aspects of the history of mathematics and astronomy in India. He obtained his PhD in the history of science from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. He studied at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India. Earlier, he worked for over four years with Bain & Company, Clinton Foundation, and Procter & Gamble and also briefly taught finance at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India. K. MAHESH is a research scientist at the Cell for the Indian Science and Technology in Sanskrit, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. He acquired his PhD degree from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, in 2010, by working on the Indian astronomy (Siddhanta Jyotisa). He went to the Centre Nationale de la RechercheScientifique (CNRS), Paris, for doing his post-doctoral research in the history of numerical tables. On returning from Paris, he joined the Samskrit Promotion Foundation, New Delhi, and served there for three years. In 2015, the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, bestowed upon him the Young Historian of Science Award.

K. RAMASUBRAMANIAN is a professor at the Cell for the Indian Science and Technology in Sanskrit, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. He holds a doctorate degree in theoretical physics, a master's degree in Sanskrit, and a bachelor's degree in engineering-a weird but formidable combination of subjects to do multidisciplinary research. He was honoured with the coveted title "Vidvat Pravara" by the Shankaracharya of Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Karnataka, India, for completing a rigorous course in Advaita Vedanta (a 14-semester program), in 2003. He is one of the authors who prepared detailed

"The book is highly recommended not only for those who seek to deepen their understanding of ancient and medieval Indian mathematics and astronomy but also for those who want to have a glimpse of it for their general interest." (Dipak Jadhav, Mathematical Reviews, May, 2020)