Subject: [HM] Sexagesimal numbers in Hindu cosmology
From: Dinesh Maheshwari (dsm@cypress.com)
Date: Wed Feb 02 2000 - 17:50:18 EST
"Exegesis of Hindu Cosmological Time Cycles" by Dwight William Johnson
has references to Sexagesimal numbers in Hindu cosmology.
The article is available for perusal at the following site.
http://www.aaronsrod.com/time-cycles/
The Introduction Chapter from the afore-mentioned article
opens as follows.
"1. INTRODUCTION
Long regarded as non-astronomical by historians of science, Hindu
cosmological time cycles are shown here to be the most accurate
solar calendar known, the progenitor of the sexagesimal number
system and the 360 + 5 day calendars of antiquity, and one of the
greatest achievements of humanity.
Hindu cosmological time cycles, as well as common units of measuring
time and angles, are generated from the concept that the Sun has
three distinct mean motions. The exact solar year and constant of
precession used in the construction of the cycles may be inferred
from their infrastructure.
......
Not only does the astronomical basis of the cycles conclusively
prove the non-Greek origin and ancient age of Indian astronomical
science, but the extremely high level of astronomical knowledge
used and method of construction of the cycles cannot be placed in
any known historical frame of reference. The implications of these
findings for mankind are, therefore, very far-reaching."
Best Regards,
Dinesh
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Dinesh Maheshwari
Advanced Design Methods
Cypress Semiconductor
San Jose, CA, USA
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