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ON THE ANTIQUITY OF 



85. The revolutions of the equinoxes in a Caljm 

 according to this system are 199669. Hence the 



annual precession, = 43auooo|^oo = " 59",9007 

 De la Lande's tables make it (^82) 57 , 539 

 Difference - - - - 2, 3 617 



In the Groho Laghoh, written in the year i442 

 of Saka, by Gonesh son of Kesobo, the annual 

 precession is stated at one minute ; and at the end of 

 the year 444 Saka, or 3623 o^ theCali yugy the first 

 point of aries in the Hindu sphere was supposed to 

 have coincided with the vernal equinox. 1 mention 

 these circumstances merely to shew that the quantity 

 of the annual precession, and the point from whence 

 it is computed, are not the same in all Hindu books 

 of astronomy. 



M Having thus given a general outline of the Hindu 



'■' systems of astronomy at present in use, with their 



formation, and the principles on which they are 



4 founded ; 



