Key Points
Butit iscertainly an ahistorical, Eurocentric understanding of Indian history that echoes the opinions of colonial historians...
The fact that the Nobel Prizes disproportionately recognise contributions only from institutions situated in the West and that no black scientist has won the Nobel in science can be a jarring testimony to the continuing hegemony of the West in academic discourse.The recent news of scientists from Tel Aviv discovering that plants emit certain frequencies under stress is closely reminiscent ofIndian physicistJagadish Chandra Bosesworkfrom a century ago..
But religion cannot be effectively argued as imbuing scientific temperamenten masse.The Protestant ethic may be one of the contributing factors that catalysed innovation and capitalism in medieval Europe, but it does not conclusively explain why advances in philosophy, astronomy, mathematics, and medicine happened in ancient India or even ancient Greece...
After Humayuns conquest of Gujarat, he honoured and admittedIkhtiyar Khaninto his court for his knowledge of math and astronomy.The Ain-i-Akbari mentions a long list of subjects like theology, ethics, history, politics, accounting and arithmetic, mensuration and agriculture, engineering and astronomy, domestic science and medicine, logic and philosophy, and physical and mechanical sciences..
The scientific renaissance that happened later on in the 18th-century court of Awadh was based on the legacy created by the Mughals.Oneof the mostimportant schools of scientific learning in Indiaat the timewas known asFirangi Mahal in Lucknow, which published research onEuclideangeometry, mathematics, and astronomy...
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