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RE: Vedic Mathematics

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Indian civilization has surprised academicians time and again with simple age old techniques for solving complex problems. Vedic Mathematics, derived from the Ganita Sutra in the Vedas is one such technique.
Vedic Mathematics is the name given to the ancient system of Mathematics which was rediscovered from the Vedas between 1911 and 1918 by Sri Bharati Krsna Tirthaji (1884 - 1960).
In the beginning of the twentieth century, when there was a great interest in various Sanskrit texts in Europe, some scholars ridiculed certain texts which were titled GANITA SUTRA, which means mathematics. They could not decipher any mathematics in the translations and therefore dismissed the texts as rubbish. Bharati Krsna, who himself was a scholar of Sanskrit, Mathematics, History and Philosophy, studied these texts and after lengthy and careful investigation was able to reconstruct the mathematics of the Vedas.

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When a suggestion was made some time ago that Vedic Mathematics should be introduced as a subject for study at the college level in India, there was a lot of derisive laughter among some of our pseudo-intellectuals, not to speak of ‘secularists’ whose knowledge of Sanskrit was questionable and a sense of inquiry non-existent. The idea had to be dropped in the face of determined opposition.
Now, overnight as it were, and almost simultaneously, we have two books on the subject, one entitled Pride of India and another entitled Science and Technology in Vedas and Sastras. Both are scholarly replies to our cynics and provide more than just glimpses into India’s vast scientific heritage seldom before brought to light. Never before, may it be said, has Vedic Science been presented to the world in such intimate detail and precision whether in the realm of pure mathematics, physics, astronomy, medicine or in civil and mechanical engineering and the life sciences. Our ancestors could not have built those marvellous temples if they had no knowledge of architecture and civil engineering, not to speak of geometry and allied subjects.

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