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_aBabu, Senthil D., _eauthor. |
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_aMathematics and society : _bnumbers and measures in early modern South India / _cSenthil Babu D. |
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_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c[2023] |
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| 500 | _aPreviously issued in print: 2022. | ||
| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | 8 | _aThis title studies the regional tradition of mathematics in the Tamil-speaking areas of Southern India. It questions the established nature of Indian history of mathematics, which is based only on the Bhatta-Bhaskara tradition. Instead, it brings in practitioners like village accountants and school teachers as primary agents in the practice of mathematics. The author studies these hitherto unexplored historical sources and presents them in a new light. He talks about mathematics at the workplace, at the school, and at the village square in precolonial Tamil society. Finally, the author studies what happened to these practices when encountered by the colonial revenue administration and brings out a social history of mathematics in India. | |
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| 588 | _aDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 2, 2023). | ||
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_aMathematics _zIndia, South _xHistory. |
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_aMathematics _xSocial aspects _zIndia, South _xHistory. |
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_iPrint version : _z9788194831600 |
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_3Oxford Academic _uhttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9788194831600.001.0001 |
| 975 | _aOxford scholarship online 2024 | ||
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