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 18 Jan 2013 Rare Photographs
Capitol of Asoka's column

Taken at Sanchi and neighbouring places in central India in the 1880s. A detail of sculptural fragments (capital from Asoka's column) near the Southern gateway at the great stupa at Sanchi.

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 18 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Inscriptions of Asoka
By Alexander Cunningham
Published by The Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta - 1877

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Close view of base of Asokan Edict Pillar, showing part of inscripti... Read More
 18 Jan 2013 Rare Manuscripts
Copy of the Asokan inscription on the pillar at Lauriya-Nandangarh, with a small drawing of the lion capital and elevation of the pillar with measurements - 1797

Pencil and pen and ink drawing by James Nathaniel Rind of a copy of the Ashokan inscription on the pillar at Lauriya-Nandangarh, with... Read More
 4 Aug 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
History Of The Rashtrakutas (Rathodas)
By Pandit Bisheshwar Nath Reu
Published by The Archaeological Department, Jodhpur - 1933

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Dherwada Cave Temple, Ellora - 1895

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 4 Aug 2012 Article/Essay
Article:
The BAKHSHALI MANUSCRIPT
By J J O'Connor and E F Robertson
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland

The Bakhshali Manuscript is an early mathematical manuscript which was discovered over 100 years ago. We shall discuss in a moment the problem of dating th... Read More
 4 Aug 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
On the Bakhshali Manuscript
By August Frederich Rudolf Hoernle
Published by Alfred Holder, Vienna - 1887

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Review: G. R. Kaye, The Bakhshâlî Manuscript— A Study in Mediaeval Mathematics
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 3 Aug 2012 Rare Manuscripts
The Bakhshali Manuscript

An extract on the Bakhshali Manuscript from Rohini Chowdhury's upcoming book on Indian Mathematics:

"Probably written during the 3rd or 4th century AD, it is a manual on the mathematics of ancient India and contains mathematical rules, example problems and their solutio... Read More