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''