Stone Observatories in India, Erected by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur, 1686-1743 A.D., at Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Varanasi, Mathura |
Contents
The Rāmāyaṇa and the Mahabharata Period | 7 |
Astronomy in Jainism and Buddhism | 13 |
Brahmagupta | 27 |
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1817 LIBRARIES 27 degrees 90 degrees altitude ancient angle Aries Instrument Armillary Sphere Aryabhaṭṭa asterisms astral astro astrolabe astrology astronomical azimuth Bhaskarācārya Bhitti Yantra Brahmagupta Bṛhat Samrat Yantra Cakra Yantra calculations Capricorn celestial equator celestial observations celestial sphere centre circular constructed day and night declination Delhi Delhi Observatory determine dial Digamsa Yantra ecliptic ecliptic circle feet ghatikās gnomon graduated heavenly body Hindu astronomy horizon hypotenuse inches India instru Jai Prakāśa Jaipur Observatory JAIPUR Pl Jyotisa known latitude of Jaipur longitude Maharaja Sawai Jai marble mathematical Mathura meridian circle Meridian Pass Meridinal Wall Instrument mid-day Moghul moon northern hemisphere Pandit plane of meridian pointer Pole Star position quadrants Rama Yantra Rasivalaya Sawai Jai Singh scale scholars shadow southern stars and planets Sun-Dial Surya Siddhanta Tropical Ujjain Ulugh Beg Varāhamihira Varanasi Vedhaśālā vertical YANTRA AT JAIPUR zenith distance Zodiac Zodiac circle Zodiac Instruments Zodiac signs