Prabodh Chandra Sengupta (21 June 1876–1962) was a historian of ancient Indian

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. He was a Professor of Mathematics at Bethune College in

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and a lecturer in Indian Astronomy and Mathematics at the

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Early life

Prabodh Chandra Sengupta, the younger son of Ram Chandra Sengupta, was born in a village near Tangail in Mymensingh district (now in Bangladesh) on 21 June 1876. He had his early education in the Santosh Jahnavi H. E. School and passed the Entrance (Matric) examination with sufficient merit to obtain a scholarship.

Major works

* Ancient Indian chronology (1947) * '' Khandakhadyaka'': an astronomical treatise of Brahmagupta * ''

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Āryabhaṭa I Aryabhata ( ISO: ) or Aryabhata I (476–550 CE) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer of the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. He flourished in the Gupta Era and produced works such as the ''Aryabhatiya'' (which ...

, the father of Indian epicyclic

* Surya Siddhanta: a textbook of Hindu astronomy (along with Ebenezer Burgess, Phanindralal Gangooly) * Greek and Hindu methods in spherical astronomy (1931)

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Full text of "Ancient Indian Chronology"
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