Bharat Rakshak

Sridhar wrote: Without that foundation and particularly the foundation in mathematics laid by Hindu mathematicians, none of the discoveries and inventions of the last 3 or 4 centuries would have been possible.

Then you do support my statement!

Err...do you think it is possible that you are suffering from the disease that you are so eager to diagnose? :wink: If you read my statement carefully, I was talking in terms of what Indians and Europeans owe one another. I have not diminished the acheivements of either side. It would be foolish to ...

Ok, you have a valid point but, I did not think the statement I made was a hyperbole! I guess we have all internalized the western propoganda to a large extent. Any deviation from the standard picture of the great western scientific tradition starting with the greeks is viewed with suspicion at best...

I think the influence of Indian mathematics on current mathematics is vastly understated. There is evidence that differential calculus was invented in India and it was trasmitted to Europe by missionaries. Please see the articles by Dr C. K. Raju on this matter. That Europe's mathematicians were fam...