William Jones William Jones was appointed as a judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, In the next couple of years, Jones established himself as an authority on ancient Indian language and culture, a field of study that was hitherto untouched. He is particularly known for his proposition of the …
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Examine if the Sangam Literature can also be regarded as a source of history of kings and culture of the period during which it was created. (200 Words) The Sangam Literature is a collection of poems, composed by Tamils poets ,both men and women developed in the ancient Southern state of India between 300BC to 300 …
“Unlike in Europe where, by the 17th century, French and English had broken with the dominance of Latin to create not just literature, but also philosophy, historiography, sociology, science etc. in their tongues, in India the achievement of regional languages beyond the crucial (and yet also limited) domain of literature is a major impediment.” In the light …
Discuss the significant contributions made by Indians to the field of mathematics. (200 Words) Baudhayana’s Śulbasūtras: The Pythagoras theorem finds a place in Baudhayana’s Śulbasūtras, which dates back to about 800 BC—more than 200 years before Pythagoras was born. Aryabhata: The first comprehensive use of the place value system of arithmetic was found in Āryabhaṭīya(499CE), a famous work …