Issues in Indian metrology, from Harappa to Bhāskarācārya

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Authors: Michel Danino 

Publication date: 7 September 2016

Published in: Gaṇita-Bhāratī (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

metrologyHarappan town-planningIndus civilizationlinear unitYojanaAṅgulaSiddhāntic mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Indian mathematics (01A32)

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