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Mathematics and Society - Numbers and Measures in Early Modern South India (Hardcover)
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Mathematics and Society - Numbers and Measures in Early Modern South India (Hardcover)
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This book 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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