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The great Indian emperor Aśoka (usually called Devānāṃpriya, ‘Beloved of Gods’) ruled from about 272–232 bc His missionary activities are recorded in Rock Edict No. XIII as follows (Sircar, p. 54, and P. Thomas, p. 15).
Gaṇita Bhāratī, Vol. 27, Nos. 1–4 (2005), pp. 26–63; Revised version from an unpublished report which was prepared by the author for his INSA project.
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Ramasubramanian, K. (2019). Indian Mathematical Sciences in Ancient and Medieval China. In: Ramasubramanian, K. (eds) Gaṇitānanda. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1229-8_57
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