"Jaisingh collected and studied all the available astronomical works...Several European works were translated into Sanskrit under his orders, particularly Euclid’s elements, with a treatise on plane and spherical trigonometry; and on the construction and use of logarithms...and also a treatise on conical sections...maps and globes of the Ferenghis were obtained from Surat."
Jaipur

January 1, 1970

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