Book review : Mathematic in India

David Mumford is professor of applied mathematics at Brown University.
Please read this review from him on "Mathematic in India".
http://www.ams.org/notices/201003/rtx100300385p.pdf

Author of that book Kim Plofker also have published several books on same topic.
http://www.math.union.edu/people/faculty/plofkerk.html
http://www.math.union.edu/people/faculty/publications/plofkerk.html

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