A Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy : From the Earliest Dawn of that Science in India to the Present Time (Paperback)

Preface; Part I: 1. The early part of the Hindu astronomy involved in great obscurity; 2. Rama; 3. The war between the gods and the giants in the west; 4. Commencement of the third astronomical period; 5. Commencement of the fifth astronomical period; Part II: 1. Commencement of the eighth astronomical period; 2. System of Varaha; 3. The Arya Siddhanta; 4. Vahara Mihira, like Aryabhatta, endeavours to support the new order of things; 5. The cause of Varaha Mihira being thrown back into antiquity by the moderns explained; 6. Self-defence the object of this section; Appendix.