The Bakhshali Manuscript: an Ancient Treatise of Indian Arithmetic PDF
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THE BAKHSHALI P 1' AN ANCIENT TREATISE OF INDIAN Alt I'I'I I N 4F,' EDITED BY Svami Satya Prakash Sarasvat I and 00 Usha,jyotishmati, M. Sc., D. Phil. Dr. Rataa Kumari Svadhyaya Sansthani ALLAHABAD. PUBLISHE S BY Dr. Ratn Kumari Svadhyaya Sansthana Vijnaua Parishad Buildings Maharshi Dayanand Marg Allahabad-211002 Phone : 54413 FIRST EDITION 1979 Price Rs. 50/- ( £ 3.5 or $ 7 ) Printed at :- ARVIND PRINTERS 20-1), Bell Road, Allahabad, Phone Not 3711 CDr `-Patna umari Born 20-3- 19 12 Died 2-12-1964 PREFACE Dr. Ratna Kumari, M. A., D. Phil. was deeply interested in education, higher research and scholarship, and when she died in 1964, the Director of the Research Institute of Ancient Scientific Studies, Now Delhi, graciously agreed to publish in her commemo- ration a Series to be known as the "Dr. Raffia Kumari PubllcaNnu Series", and tinder this arrangement, the five volumes published were: Satapatha Brahmanain. Vol. I, 11 and III (1967, 1969, 19711): ltaudhayana Sulba Sutram (1968) and the Apastanrba Sulba Sutruun (1968). It is to be regretted that in 1971, Pundit Rain Swarnp Sharnta, the Director of the Institute died and shortly afterwards, the activities of the Institute came to a close. In 1971, from an endowment created by the relations of late Dr. Ratna Kurnari, Dr. Ratna Kumari Svadhyaya Sansthana, a research orgunicution for promotion of higher studies amongst ladies, was ostahll. shed at Allahabad, with Sri Anand Prakash, the younger son of 1)r. Ratna Kumari as the first President. Svumi Satya Prukunlt (formerly, Prof. Dr. Satya Prakash) has authorised Dr. Ratna Kumari Svadhyaya Sansthana to publish several of his works, plirti. cularly, all of them which were published by the Rcicarch Institute of Ancient Scientific Studies, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi, and has assigned the right of publication of these works to the' Sansthana. We are pleased to offer to the public for the first time, the classified text of the Bakhshall Manuscript in Devanagari script. The manuscript was literally dug out of a mound at Bakhshuli on the north-west frontier of India in 1881, and Dr. Hoornlc eurefully examined the manuscript and published an English translation ol'tt few of the leaves in 1888. This being the earliest manuscript on Indian Arithmetic, it aroused considerable interest in the West. '11w Archaeological Survey of India published the manuscript in Paris I, 11 and III. as edited by 0. R. Kaye. In 1902, Dr. Hoernle presented the manuscript to the Bodleian Library. 1 his distinguished work of Kaye is now not available in market. Dr. Aibhuti Bhusun Datta of Calcutta University also made detailed study of this manuscript, Vi Dr. I Jsha Jyotishmati, a distinguished member of the Sans- thana, took onsiderable.pains in editing the text, and we are obliged to Svami Saty,t Prakash Sarasvati for his supervision and critical introduction. We r re also obliged to Sri Jagdish 111rasad Misra, B A., LL. B., for his dedicated services to the Sansthana, parti- cularly in the publication programmes. We regret to announce the premature death of our first Presi- dent Sri Anand Prakash on December 13, 1976. He was a distin- guished graduate of the University of Allahabad, and took his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Glasgow. and since then he had been working in industry. To cherish his memory, we have the privilege of dedicating this little volume. The Sansthana Prabha Grover Allahabad M Sc., D. Phil. Ramanavanti Director April 5, 1979. Anand'Prakaok Born t-4-1:)38 Died 13-12-1976 To Our President ANAND PRAKASH Who cliedat au early age of 38.
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