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Astronomy, Ancient India and Relevance to Modern Times# Dr. Raj Vedam# THINK, Guntur

THINK, Bharat
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The Indian civilization has a long tradition of knowledge systems, in which Mathematics and Astronomy were deeply intertwined and widely studied. Many generations of astronomers have contributed over thousands of years to the corpus of knowledge systems. In this talk, the speaker will trace the history of Indian astronomy from very ancient times to the time of the last great Indian classical astronomer. The talk will cover among other topics, cosmological models of ancient Indians, models of the skies, and the advances of the Siddhantic period. The speaker will show how evidence from Indian astronomy can be used to clear present-day disputed narratives on the deep history of India. ...more
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Astronomy, Ancient India and Relevance to Modern Times# Dr. Raj Vedam# THINK, Guntur
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2020Nov 1
The Indian civilization has a long tradition of knowledge systems, in which Mathematics and Astronomy were deeply intertwined and widely studied. Many generations of astronomers have contributed over thousands of years to the corpus of knowledge systems. In this talk, the speaker will trace the history of Indian astronomy from very ancient times to the time of the last great Indian classical astronomer. The talk will cover among other topics, cosmological models of ancient Indians, models of the skies, and the advances of the Siddhantic period. The speaker will show how evidence from Indian astronomy can be used to clear present-day disputed narratives on the deep history of India.

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THINK, Bharat

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