From: pamela shearhart
Message: 13780
Date: 2002-05-31
> Around the middle of April 2002, someone had=== message truncated ===
> requested a biblio list
> on secondary literature on Indian astronomy, as it
> relates to the
> arrival of IA languages in India, and to the date of
> the Vedic
> literature. At that time, I had given a short list.
> Below is a much
> longer list, listing articles arguing for a high as
> well as for a low
> chronology of Vedic literature.
>
> There are several articles by Vijk in Acta
> Orientalia (1920's to
> 1930's) but I have not listed them as they are
> outdated except for
> the general information contained in them on the
> system if tithis,
> muhurtas etc.
>
> Vishal
> ********
>
> Astronomy (Excluding On-line Articles in EJVS)
>
> A. AIT/Harappan Astronomy
>
> ABHYANKAR, K. D. 1993. A Search for the Earliest
> Vedic Calendar.
> Indian Journal of History of Science. Vol. 28.1, pp
> 1-14
>
> ACHAR, B. N. Narahari. 2000. A Case for Revising the
> Date of the
> Vedanga Jyotisa. Indian Journal of History of
> Science. Vol. 35.3: pp.
> 173-183
> ______. 2000. On the Astronomical Basis of the Date
> of Satapatha
> Brahmana: A Re-examination of Dixit's Theory. Indian
> Journal of
> History of Science. Vol. 35.1:pp.1-19
> ______. 2000. On the Caitradi Scheme. Indian Journal
> of History of
> Science. Vol. 35.4: pp. 295-310
> ______. 1998. On the Vedic Origin of the Ancient
> Mathematical
> Astronomy of India. Journal of Studies on Ancient
> India. Vol. 1, nos.
> 2-4: pp. 95-108
> _____. 1998. Engima of the Five-Year Yuga of Vedanga
> Jyotisha. Indian
> Journal of History of Science. Vol. 33.2: pp.
> 101-109
> _______. A Mesopotamian Origin for Vedaanga
> Jyotisha: Is it
> Justified? Journal of Indian Philosophy and
> Religion, Vol. 2, pp. 29-
> 42
> _______.forthc. Planetarium Software and the Date of
> the Mahabharata
> War.
>
> BAG, A. K. Astronomy in Indus Civilization and
> During Vedic Times.
> Indian Journal of History of Science. Vol. 20.1-4:
> pp 1122-130
>
> FALK, Harry. 2000. Measuring Time in Mesopotamia and
> Ancient India.
> ZDMG, vol. 150, pp. 107-132
>
> FRAWLEY, David. 1994. Planets in the Vedic
> Literature. Indian Journal
> of History of Science. Vol. 29.4: pp 495-506
>
> HARI, K. Chandra. 2000. Search for an Ancient Epoch
> of Indian
> Astronomy. Indian Journal of History of Science.
> Vol. 35.2: pp. 109-
> 115
> ______. Date of the Solar Orbit of the Satapatha
> Brahmana. Indian
> Journal of History of Science. Vol. 35.1: pp. 21-25
> ______. 1998. On the Origin of Sidereal Zodiac and
> Astronomy. Indian
> Journal of History of Science. Vol. 33.4: pp.
> 257-266
>
> KAK, Subhash C. 2001. The Astronomical Code of the
> Rgveda (2nd Edn.).
> Munshiram Manoharlal: New Delhi
> ______.1998. The Sun's Orbit in the Brahmanas.
> Indian Journal of
> History of Science. Vol. 33.3: pp 175-191
> ______. 1993 The Structure of the Rgveda. Indian
> Journal of History
> of Science. Vol. 28.2: pp 71-79
> ______. 1993 Astronomy of the Satapatha Brahmana.
> Indian Journal of
> History of Science. Vol. 28.1, pp 15-34
>
> OHASI, Yukio. 1993. Development of Astronomical
> Observation in Vedic
> and Post-Vedic India. Indian Journal of History of
> Science. Vol.
> 28.3: pp 185-251
>
> PARPOLA, Asko. 2000. The Religious Background of the
> Savitri Legend.
> In "Haranandalahari, Festschrift Minoru Hara", pp.
> 196-216
> ______. 1989. Astral Proper Names in India- An
> Analysis of the Oldest
> Sources, with Augmentation for an Ultimately
> Harappan Origin.
> In "Brahmavidya, The Adyar Library Bulletin", Vol.
> 53, pp.1-53
>
> PINGREE, David. "Birth and early development of
> Indian astronomy" has
> just appeared in ASTRONOMY ACROSS CULTURES: THE
> HISTORY OF NON-
> WESTERN ASTRONOMY, Helaine Selin (ed), Kluwer, 2000,
> pps. 303-340.
> ________. 1973. The Mesopotamian Origin of Early
> Indian Mathematical
> Astronomy. Journal for the History of Astronomy.
> Vol. 4, pp. 1-12
>
> PLOFKER, Kim. 1996. A Review of `Subhash Kak. The
> Astronomical Code
> of the Rgveda'. In "Centaurus", vol. 38, pp. 362-364
>
> SHARMA, S. D. 1996. Conjunction of Jupiter with d
> Cancri. Indian
> Journal of History of Science. Vol. 31.3. pp 269-274
>
> STAAL, Frits. 2000. Vyakarana and Sulba in the Light
> of Newton's
> Lesson. In "Haranandalahari, Festschrift Minoru
> Hara", pp. 349-374
>
>
>
> B. Other Astronomy
>
> ABHYANKAR, K. D.; G. M. Ballabh. 1996. Kaliyuga,
> Saptarsi,
> Yudhisthira and Laukika Eras. Indian Journal of
> History of Science.
> Vol. 31.1: pp 19-33
> _____. 1991. Modification of Some Indian Naksatras.
> Indian Journal of
> History of Science. Vol. 26.1: pp 1-10
>
> ACHAR, Narahari. 1999. On an Astrononical Concept in
> Visnupurana.
> Indian Journal of History of Science. Vol. 34.2: pp
> 109-115
>
> CHATTERJEE, S. K. 1997. A Note on Kali Era. Indian
> Journal of History
> of Science. Vol. 32.1: pp 69-86
>
> DOBBINS, K. Walton. The Origin of the Vikrama Era.
> Unpublished, Typed
> Manuscript
>
> HARI, K. Chandra. 1999. Intricacy of the Siddhantic
> Solar Year.
> Indian Journal of History of Science. Vol. 34.2:
> pp.133-143
> _____. 1998. On the Origin of `Kaliyugadi' Synodic
> Super-Conjunction.
> Indian Journal of History of Science. Vol. 33.3: pp.
> 193-201
> ______. 1997. The Rationale of Surya-Siddhanta.
> Indian Journal of
> History of Science. Vol. 32.3: pp 183-190
>
> KAK, Subhash C. 1998. Early Theories on the Distance
> to the Sun.
> Indian Journal of History of Science. Vol. 33.2:
> pp.93-100
>
> LISHK, Sajjan Singh and S. D. SHARMA. 1980.
> Standardization of Time-
> Unit Muhurta Through the Science of Sciatherics in
> Atharva Vedanga
> Jyotisha. Indian Journal of History of Science. Vol.
> 15.2: pp 193-203
>
> MUKHERJEE, B. N. 1997. A Note on the Vikrama and
> Saka Eras. Indian
> Journal of History of Science, Vol. 32.1, pp. 87-92
>
> PARAMAHANS, S. A. 1989. A Fresh Glimpse on the Date
> of the
> Mahabharata. Indian Journal of History of Science.
> Vol. 24.3: pp. 150-
>