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A sociologically inspired history of Indian mathematics has yet to be written. And the conventional histories of Indian mathematics are often little more than lists of achievements, sometimes designed to illustrate and not infrequently to exaggerate India’s contributions to “world mathematics”. Nonetheless, a few sociologically important points can be made by reviewing the basic features of Indian mathematics.
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Restivo, S. (1992). Indian Mathematics: A History of Episodes. In: Mathematics in Society and History. Episteme, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2944-2_5
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