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In ancient India, arts and sciences were hand-maiden of religions. In fact religion has been the dominant feature of Indian culture through the ages. Almost all sciences have been attributed a divine origin. For instance, the exposition of the 54th chapter (on astronomy and mathematics) of the Nārada-purāṇa commences with the line.
Bulletin of Kerala Mathematics Association, Vol. 2, No. 2, (Dec. 2005), pp. 25–44.
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Ramasubramanian, K. (2019). Early Pandiagonal Magic Squares in India. In: Ramasubramanian, K. (eds) Gaṇitānanda. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1229-8_31
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