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Ganita Bharati

Published in Association with Bulletin of The Indian Society for History of Mathematics

Current Volume: 45 (2023 )

ISSN: 0970-0307

Periodicity: Half-Yearly

Month(s) of Publication: June & December

Subject: Mathematics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/GB

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Sawai Jai Singh’s Efforts to Revive Astronomy

By : Virendra N Sharma

Page No: 109-125

Abstract
The paper reviews Sawai Jai Singh’s (1688-1743) efforts to revive astronomy in his domain. For this reviving, he erected observatories, designed instruments of masonry and stone, assembled a team of astronomers of different schools of astronomy such as the Hindu, Islamic and European, and finally sent a fact finding scientific delegation to Europe. Jai Singh did not succeed in his efforts. The paper explains that poor communications of his times and a complex interaction of intellectual stagnation, religious taboos, theological beliefs, national rivalries and simple human failings were responsible for his failure.
 

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