Prabodh Chandra Sengupta

Prabodh Chandra Sengupta (1876–1962)^[1] is a historian of astronomy in ancient India.

Major works

• Ancient Indian chronology (1947)^[2]
• The Khandakhadyaka : an astronomical treatise of Brahmagupta
• The Aryabhatiyam by Āryabhaṭa
• Aryabhata, the father of Indian epicyclic astronomy^[3]
• Sûrya-Siddhânta: a text-book of Hindu astronomy (along with Ebenezer Burgess, Phanindralal Gangooly)^[4]
• Greek and Hindu methods in spherical astronomy (1931)^[5]

References

1. ^ writing the history of mathematics. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=oXjMYIonXTYC&pg=PA314&dq=%22A.N.+Singh%22+%2B+%22Ganesh+prasad%22&hl=en&ei=905jTpCPLJDIrQeo5Om2Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22A.N.%20Singh%22%20%2B%20%22Ganesh%20prasad%22&f=false. 
2. ^ "Amazon.com Book review". http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Chronology-Prabodh-Chandra-Sengupta/dp/0766136264. 
3. ^ Google books-Aryabhata, the father of Indian epicyclic astronomy. http://books.google.com/books/about/Aryabhata_the_father_of_Indian_epicyclic.html?id=68zHHAAACAAJ. 
4. ^ "surya siddhanta contents". http://www.printsasia.com/book/The-Surya-Siddhanta-A-Text-Book-of-Hindu-Astronomy-with-Notes-and-an-Appendix-8120806123-9788120806122. 
5. ^ Google books-Greek and Hindu methods in spherical astronomy. http://books.google.com/books/about/Greek_and_Hindu_methods_in_spherical_ast.html?id=qCQfkgAACAAJ. 

Persondata
Name	Sengupta, Prabodh Chandra
Alternative names
Short description	Historian
Date of birth	1876
Place of birth
Date of death	1962
Place of death