Ancient Astronomy During Vedic Era

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It is with some trepidation that i start a separate thread for this. The reason is that i wish to educate myself as to the extent of ancient Astronomy in the Indian subcontinent. It appears that the Indian astronomers of yore were skilled in calculating the positions of the planets and in predicting eclipses. How accurate were their predictions and calculations. what system did they use ? did they borrow from the Greeks (or vice versa) or were the Indian developments relatively autochthonous. We will try to compile a list of the texts that treat this subject and decipher what they have to say

First some links

http://www.aryabhatt.com/vediclessons/vediclesson3.htm


http://www.indianest.com/astro/00308.htm

http://www.yournetastrologer.com/basic/b01.htm

http://www.wisdomworld.org/additional/List...s/Calendar.html

http://www.sinclairpress.com/notebook.html

http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/anci...b_sarasvat.html