Magic Squares and Other Numerical Diagrams on the Chittagong Plaster Replicas in the David Eugene Smith Collection

By : Takao Hayashi

Page No: 151-180

Abstract
The Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University has a set of 20 plaster replicas that D. E. Smith brought from Chittagong in 1907 CE. They are twin replicas of 10 stone slabs. Most of the replicas show one or a few numerical diagrams including magic squares. In this paper I analyze them and discuss their construction methods.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/GB.2019.41.1-2.6