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Archæological Survey of India

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THE Bakhshālī MS. is a valuable and interesting document in the history of mathematics. The work of editing it must have been extremely difficult and laborious, and the editor is to be heartily congratulated on the result, which really leaves nothing to be desired in the shape of aids to the study and appreciation of the contents of the MS.

Archeological Survey of India.

New Imperial Series. Vol. 43, Parts 1 and 2: The Bakhsh Manuscript; a Study in Medieval Mathematics. By G. R. Kaye. Pp. iv + 156 + 48 plates. (Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1927.) 28 rupees; 43s. 6d.

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H., T. Archæological Survey of India . Nature 122, 638–639 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122638a0

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