भारतीय साम्राज्य. [ भाग त्यांचे दळणवळण सुरू झाल्यावर, ज्ञानाचा साहजिक मोबदला होऊन, त्यांच्या ज्ञानांत क्वचित् प्रसंगी भर पडल्याचे दिसतें. भूमितिशास्त्र, अंकगणित, व बीजगणित. ज्योतिः शास्त्रापेक्षांही गणिताच्या इतर शाखांत, हिंदूंनी सर्व राष्ट्रांच्या अगोदर अतिमहत्वाचे शोध के- ( मागील पृष्टावरून पुढे चालू ) and there is no other nation which can contest the priority in those sciences. The peculiarity of their metho gives every appearance of originality to their discoveries in Algebra also. "
“ Whatever the Arabs possessed in common with the Hinuds, there are good grounds for thinking that they received from the latter nation, and however great their subsequent attainments and discoveries, it is to be remembered that they did not begin till the eighth century, when they first gained access to the treasures of the Greeks. " (Elphinstone's History of India, P.P. 250/257.) १ आमच्या एकंदर गणितशास्त्र- ज्ञानाविषयों प्रसिद्ध इतिहासकार एल्फिन्स्टन् असे लिहितात की:- "The progress made in other branches of Ma- thematical knowledge was still more remarkable ( पुढे चाल ) पाश्चिमात्यांचा तत्संबंधी अभिप्राय.
