Table of Contents

Rewriting History of Indian Mathematics: Some Outstanding Issues; Indian Mathematics and World Mathematics: An Overview; The Harappa-Vedic Nexus: A Seamless Story or Two Separate Episodes?; Reaching Out to the World: The Buddhist and Jain Episodes; Down to Earth and Reaching for the Stars: The Bakhshali and the Siddhanthas; Heralding the Golden Age: Aryabhata I and Bhaskara I; Riding the Crest of a Wave: From Brahmagupta to Mahavira; The Five Hundred Years Climax: Bhaskaracharya and his Legacy; Navigating the Ocean of Mathematics: Narayana Pandita and Others; A Passage to Infinity: The Kerala School and its Contribution; Indian Trigonometry through the Ages; Outside the Sanskritic Tradition: Texts, Translations and Dissemination; Battle for the Minds and the Rise of Western Mathematics;