Gsubramaniam,
Although I do not believe in the notion of "progress" within the heathen traditions, Sulbasutras may represent an additional focus to those of the usual traditions.
Now that Balagangadhara's view of the Monotheist origin of "science" has been called into question (it was always tenuous), it is possible to connect in a general way the algorithmic (represented by the Sulbasutras) to the inferential. The computational would be an intermediary step.
Sulbasutras were, of course, distributed out of Punjab to ME and from there distributed elsewhere.
This would also mean that redemption in the computational and inferential is possible for those heathens otherwise written off.
Although I do not believe in the notion of "progress" within the heathen traditions, Sulbasutras may represent an additional focus to those of the usual traditions.
Now that Balagangadhara's view of the Monotheist origin of "science" has been called into question (it was always tenuous), it is possible to connect in a general way the algorithmic (represented by the Sulbasutras) to the inferential. The computational would be an intermediary step.
Sulbasutras were, of course, distributed out of Punjab to ME and from there distributed elsewhere.
This would also mean that redemption in the computational and inferential is possible for those heathens otherwise written off.