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Astronomical Efforts of Sawai Jai Singh
- A Review



References

Brindaban, Safīnā-i Khusgo, r. 123, Khudabaksha Lib., Patna

Dastur Kaumvār, 18, 19 & 20, Jaipur State, Rajasthan State Archive, Bikaner.

De Bois, Joseph. Introduction to de La Hire's Tabulae astronomicae, ms., Sawai Man Singh II Museum, Jaipur.

Gazeta de Lisboa occidental (in short Gazeta) (1) March 10, 1729, p. 80, (2) Jan. 20, 1729, p. 24.

Jām-i Bahādur Khānī by Janupuri, G. H., p. 579, Calcutta, 1835; as quoted by Khan Gori, S. A.

Jaunpuri, G. H. (1835). Jām-i Bahādur Khānī, P. 579, Calcutta.

Kaye, G. R. (1918). The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh, Calcutta.  Reprint  1973, Indological Book House, Delhi.

Khan, Gori, S. A. (1980). Impact of Modern European Astronomy on Jai Singh, Indian Journal of History of Science, 15, 50-57.

Lettres édifiantes et curieuses (1843) (in short Lettres) tome deuxieme, Paris.

Purohit Hari Narayan Collection, No. 309/10, Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Samrāta Siddhānta of Jagannāth Samrata. For ed. see Sharma, R. S. (1967).

Sharma, R. S. (1967). Ed. Samrāta Siddhānta of Jagannath Samrat, 2 1032, Indian Ins. Astro. Sanskrit Research, Reprint 1967, New Delhi.

Sharma, V. N. (1982a). Jai Singh, His European astronomers and the Copernican Revolution, Indian Journal of History of Science, 17(2), 345-352.

Sharma, V. N. (1982b). The Impact of Eighteenth Century Jesuit Astronomers on the  astronomy of India and China. Indian Journal of History of Science, 17 (2)345-352.

Sharma, V. N. (1984). Jesuit Astronomers in Eighteenth Century India, Archives Internationales D'Histoire Des Sciences, 34, 199-207.

Sharma, V. N. (1987). The Astronomical Endeavors of Jai Singh, Interaction between Indian and Central Asian Sciences and Technology in Medieval Times, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi.

Tozis (1) Bundles Imarat Khana, Jaipur State, V. S. 1791, Rajasthan, State Archives, Bikaner, (2) Daftar Nushkha Punya, V. S. 1770-1797, Jaipur State, Rajasthan State Archives, Bikaner (3) Pothikhana, Jaipure State, V. S. 1800, Rajasthan State Archives, Bikaner.

Zīj Jadīd Muhammad Shāhī, M. S. Add. 14370: f. 1. Dept. Orienteal MSS., The British Library London, England.

 

 

For a detailed analysis of Jai Singh's astronomy, see "Sawai Jai Singh and His Astronomy," by Virendra Nath Sharma, Motilal Banarasidass Publishers, Delhi (1995).