Islam and India 143 



Hindustan (322 p., 25 pi, 3 maps, London; Isis 2, 408-10). 

 Chapters 6 to 9, p. 188-231, deal with science. 



Behanan, Kovoor Thomas: 



1938: Yoga. A scientific evaluation (292 p., London; Isis 32, 451). 



Brennand, W.: 



1896: Hindu astronomy (346 p., London). 



Chakraberty, Chandra: 



1923: Interpretation of Hindu medicine (620 p., Calcutta; Isis 7, 267). 

 1923: Comparative Hindu materia medica (208 p., Calcutta; Isis 7, 266). 



Cultural Heritage: 



1936-37: The Cultural heritage of India. Sri Ramakrishna centenary memorial. 



A symposium by some 100 authors (Quarto, 3 vols., c. 1950 p., 164 ill., Calcutta). 



Only a part of vol. 3 (p. 337-481) deals with science proper; the main em- 



J)hasis is on religion, philosophy, art. Sri Ramakrishna (1836-86) is a religious 

 eader who has exerted a deep influence upon his countrymen (Isis 36, 214, 215). 



Gumming, Sir John (1868- ) (editor): 



1939: Revealing India's past. A cooperative record of archaeological conserva- 

 tion and exploration in India and beyond by 22 authorities British, Indian and 

 continental (394 p., 33 pi., 1 map, 2 fig., London). 



Cunningham, Sir Alexander (1814-93): 



1871: Ancient geography of India (609 p., 13 maps, London). — New edition 

 by SuRENDRANATH Majumdar Sastri (842 p., map, Calcutta 1924). 



Dasgupta, Surendra Nath ( 1887- ) : 



1922-49: History of Indian philosophy (4 vols., Cambridge University). — Vol. 1 

 reprinted in 1932; vol. 4, 1949 (Isis 41, 79). 



1924: Yoga as philosophy and rehgion (210 p. London). 



1930: Yoga philosophy in relation to other systems of Indian thought (390 p., 

 Calcutta). 



Datta, Bibhutibhusan: 



1932: The science of sulba. A study in early Hindu geometry (256 p.. Uni- 

 versity of Calcutta; Isis 22, 272-77). 



1935-38 ( with Singh, Avadhesh Narayan ) : History of Hindu mathematics. A 

 source book. Part 1. Numeral notations and arithmetic (282 p., Lahore; Isis 25, 

 478-88). Part 2. Algebra (330 p., Lahore). 



Dey, Nundo Lai: 



1927: Geographical Dictionary of, ancient and mediaeval India. (Calcutta 

 Oriental series, no. 21, E. 13.). Second ed., quarto (272 p., London). 



First edition, Calcutta 1899. Second edition printed in sheets in The Indian 

 antiquary, issued as a volume by Quaritch, London 1921. The edition of 1927 

 was printed in Bombay; the preface is dated Chinsurah 1922. 



Edgerton, Franklin: 



1931: The elephant lore of the Hindus. The elephant sport of Nilakantha (148 

 p., New Haven; Isis 41, 120-23). 



Eliade, Mircea (1907- ): 



1936: Yoga. Essai sur les origines de la mystique indienne ( Bibliotheque de 

 philosophic roumaine) (255 p., Paris). 



The book is more comprehensive than its title indicates, for it contains a com- 

 parative study of yoga theories and practices, not only in India but all over the 

 world. 



