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A Descriptive Catalogue of Indian Astronomical Instruments – Non-fiction about ancient Indian astronomy

May 06
08:36 2019
“A Descriptive Catalogue of Indian Astronomical Instruments” by Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma
Readers of Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma’s “A Descriptive Catalogue of Indian Astronomical Instruments” will learn more about the interplay between Sanskrit and Islamic traditions of instrumentation.

Sawai Jai Singh is known for the design of large masonry instruments. The way he erected them in his five observatories in the early 18th century mark the culmination of a long process of development in astronomical instrumentation. In Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma’s new book, readers will learn what kind of astronomical instruments were used in India before Jai Singh’s time. They learn about old Sanskrit texts on astronomy which describe the construction and use of several types of instruments. Questions about these instruments led the author oration of nearly a hundred museums and private collections in India, Europe and USA for about a quarter century. This new book is the outcome of this exploration. The catalogue describes each instrument in the context of the related extant specimens, while laying special emphasis on the interplay between Sanskrit and Islamic traditions of instrumentation.

With 4,300 pages, the original version of “A Descriptive Catalogue of Indian Astronomical Instruments” by Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma is a very large catalogue with plenty of information for interested readers – so much information that it was overwhelming. This new version, however, is abriged to make access easier for readers. It contains introductory essays and appendices, but excludes the catalogue proper. The abridged version is a lot easier to handle for the general reader. The pagination here remains the same as in the Catalogue, and those who wish to read about individual instruments can always consult the full Catalogue.

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