Prabodh Chandra Sengupta

Prabodh Chandra Sengupta (1876–1962)[1] was a historian of ancient Indian astronomy. He was a Professor of Mathematics at Bethune College in Calcutta and a lecturer in Indian Astronomy and Mathematics at the University of Calcutta.

Major works
  • Ancient Indian chronology (1947)
  • Khandakhadyaka: an astronomical treatise of Brahmagupta
  • Āryabhaṭīya by Āryabhaṭa I
  • Āryabhaṭa I, the father of Indian epicyclic astronomy
  • Surya Siddhanta: a textbook of Hindu astronomy (along with Ebenezer Burgess, Phanindralal Gangooly)
  • Greek and Hindu methods in spherical astronomy (1931)

References
  1. edited by Joseph Dauben, Christoph Scriba. Writing the History of Mathematics - Its Historical Development. Springer. p. 315.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)



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