Algebra with Arithmetic and Mensuration

The scholar and East India Company administrator Henry Thomas Colebrooke (17651837) brought India''s rich mathematical heritage to the attention of the wider world with the publication of this book in 1817. Based on Sanskrit texts it contains English translations of classic works by the Indian mathematicians and astronomers Brahmagupta (598668) and Bhascara (111485) who were instrumental thinkers in the development of algebra. Included here are translations of chapters 12 and 18 of Brahmagupta''s best-known work Brahmasphutasiddhanta focusing on arithmetic and algebra respectively. Also included in this book are translations of two of the greatest works by Bhascara: Lilavati his treatise on arithmetic and Bijaganita on algebra. Furthermore Colebrooke''s introduction aims to position the Indian advancement of algebra in relation to its development by the Greeks and Arabs.