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Three Interesting 15th and 16th Century Comet Sightings in Kashmiri Chronicles
Subhash Kak
This note is about three interesting 15th and 16th century sightings of comets in Kashmiri chronicles. We provide reasons for their identification as the 1468 S1, 1531 (Halley's),…
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Greek and Indian Cosmology: Review of Early History
Subhash Kak
The early Greek and Indian cosmologies are summarized in this paper. The two traditions appear to have developed independently although after the time of Alexander they were consci…
physics.hist-ph2003★ 12 cited
Babylonian and Indian Astronomy: Early Connections
Subhash Kak
Did the Indian and Babylonian astronomy evolve in isolation, was there mutual influence, or was one dependent on the other? Scholars have debated these questions for more than two…