History of Science, Vedic Studies, Astronomy

Delaune Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering
and Professor in the Asian Studies and Cognitive Science Programs
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803, U.S.A.
Tel:(225) 578-5552 (Office); Fax:225-578-5200
 

BOOKS PUBLISHED
 

My sulekha columns.
 

My rediff commentary.
 

PBS debate on Soul of India.
 

The rediff interview.
 

The Prajna Sutra.
 

The Hindu tradition and the current religious crisis. World Affairs, Vol. 7, April-June 2003, pages 36-47.
 

Space and cosmology in the Hindu temple. Vaastu Kaushal, International Symposium on Science and Technology in Ancient Indian Monuments. New Delhi, India, Nov 16-17, 2002.
 

Akhenaten, Surya, and the Rigveda. Louisiana State University, Jan 2003, to appear in "The Golden Chain" G.C. Pande (editor), CRC, 2004.
 

The Vedic Religion in pre-Zoroastrian Persia. Louisiana State University, August 2003, to appear in Adyar Library Bulletin, 2004.
 

Indian Physics: Outline of Early History. Physics Archive, 2003.
 

Greek and Indian Cosmology: Review of Early History. Physics Archive, Feb 2003, to appear in "The Golden Chain" G.C. Pande (editor), CRC, 2004.
 

Babylonian and Indian Astronomy. Physics Archive, Jan 2003, to appear in "The Golden Chain" G.C. Pande (editor), 2004.
 

The Mahabharata and the Sindhu-Sarasvati Tradition. Louisiana State University, June 2003, to appear in "Perspectives in Vedic-Harappan Relationships" Ashvini Agrawal (editor), 2004.
 

The Indian epic song tradition. The 7th International Conference and Festival of Asian Music. Busan, Korea, Sept 26-30, 2002.
 

Early Indian music. In "A Search in Asia for a New Theory of Music," Jose S. Buenconsejo (editor), Center for Ethnomusicology, Univ of Philippines, 2003; pages 59-76.
 

Several articles on Indian culture, science, and history in Scribner's Encyc. of India (18 articles), Hinduism Encyc. (astronomy), Encyclopaedia of Biography for Astronomers (6 articles), Continuum Encyclopaedia of the Popular Music of the World (3 articles on music of Jammu and Kashmir), Grolier Encycl. (mathematics), Macmillan Encycl. of Science, Technology, and Ethics, Kluwer Encyclopaedia on Non-Western Science (mathematics, astronomy, inoculation).
 

The Wonder That Was Kashmir. LSU, January 2003, to appear in a book edited by M.K. Kaw.
 

India: A Bridge to the Future. World Affairs, Vol. 6, January-March 2002, pages 96-105.
 

The idea of 22 shrutis. Sandhan, vol. 1, pp. 69-79, 2001.
 

The Cyclic Universe: Some Historical Notes. Physics Archives, 2002.
 

Collapse, Expansion, and a Variable Speed of Light. Physics Archives, 2001.
 

The gods within: on the Vedic understanding of mind and neuroscience, The Adyar Library Bulletin, vol. 64, 2000, pp. 7-55.
 
 

Time, space, and astronomy in Angkor Wat. In Science and Civilization in Ancient India, vol2, G.C. Pande (ed.). Centre for Studies in Civilizations, New Delhi, 2002.
 

History of Science in India. Grolier Encyclopaedia, 2000.
 

Birth and Early Development of Indian Astronomy. In a book on "Astronomy Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Astronomy", Helaine Selin (editor), Kluwer Academic, Boston, 2000, pp. 303-340.
This book is in the Kluwer Series on "Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science"
 
 

yamatarajabhanasalagam, an interesting combinatoric sutra. Indian Journal of History of Science, vol. 35, 2000, pp. 123-127.
 

Indian binary numbers and the Katapayadi notation. Annals of the BORI, vol. 81, 2000, pp. 269-272.
 

Book review of ``Ka'' by Roberto Calasso (Knopf, New York 1998), in IndiaStar Literary Magazine, 1999. 

The solar equation in Angkor Wat. Indian Journal of History of Science, vol. 34, 1999, pp. 117-126.

A chronological framework for Indian culture. Journal of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research. 2000, pp. 1-24.

Indic language families and Indo-European. Yavanika. no. 6, 1996, pp. 51-64.

A Brahmanic fire altar explains a solar equation in Angkor Wat.
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. vol. 93, 1999, pp. 216-220. (with Graham Millar)
 

Light or coincidence. In IndiaStar Literary Magazine, 1998. 

The speed of light and Puranic cosmology. LANL physics archive 9804020, 1998. Also in the Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, vol. 80, 1999, pp. 113-123.

Mind, immortality, and art. Chapter in Mind, Man and Mask, edited by S.C. Malik, Aryan International, Delhi, 2001, pp. 16-27.

Indic ideas in the Graeco-Roman world. Indian Historical Review, 1999. Also in  IndiaStar Literary Magazine, 1998.

Is there an Aryan/Dravidian binary? In IndiaStar Literary Magazine, 1998.

Vaisnava metaphysics or a science of consciousness. Prachya Pratibha, vol. 19, 1997-8, pp. 113-141.

Astronomy and its role in Vedic culture. Chapter 23 in Science and Civilization in India, Vol. 1, The Dawn of Indian Civilization, Part 1, edited by G.C. Pande, ICPR/Centre for Studies in Civilizations, New Delhi, 2000, pp. 507-524.
 

Physical concepts in Samkhya and Vaisesika. Chapter in Science and Civilization in India, Vol. 1, Part 2, Life, Thought and Culture in India (from c 600 BC to c AD 300), edited by G.C. Pande, ICPR/Centre for Studies in Civilizations, New Delhi, 2001, pp. 413-437.
 

The development of astronomy from Vedanga Jyotisa to Aryabhata. Chapter in Science and Civilization in India, Vol. 1, Part 2, Life, Thought and Culture in India, edited by G.C. Pande,
ICPR/Centre for Studies in Civilizations, New Delhi, 2001, pp. 866-885.
 
 
 

On Aryabhata's Planetary Constants. Physics Archive, 2001.
 
 

Yajnavalkya and the Origins of Puranic Cosmology. Physics Archive, 2001. Also in Adyar Library Bulletin, vol. 65, 2001, pp. 145-156.
 

Book review of ``The Idea of India'' by Sunil Khilnani (Farrar Straus Giroux, New York 1997), in IndiaStar Literary Magazine, 1998.  http://www.indiastar.com

Science in ancient India. In S. Sridhar and N. Mattoo (eds.), Ananya: A Portrait of India, AIA: New York, 1997, pp. 399-420.

From Vedic science to Vedanta.Hindu-Christian Studies Bulletin, vol 10, 1997, pp. 21-27.

Archaeoastronomy and literature. Current Science, vol. 73, No. 7, 10 October 1997, pp. 624-627.

Consciousness and freedom according to the SivaSutra. Prachya Pratibha, vol. 19, 1997-8, pp. 233-248.

Vena athava Sukra. Veda Savita, vol. 18, 1998, p. 76.

Sayana's astronomy. Indian Journal of History of Science, vol. 33, 1998, pp. 31-36.

Early theories on the distance to the sun. Indian Journal of History of Science, vol. 33, 1998, pp. 93-100.  

The orbit of the sun in the Brahmanas. IJHS, vol. 33, 1998, pp. 175-191.

On the science of consciousness in ancient India. Indian Journal of History of Science,  vol. 32, 1997, pp. 105-120.

Book review of ``Kashmir in the Crossfire'' by Victoria Schofield (I. Taures, 1996), in IndiaStar Literary Magazine, 1997.

Book review of ``Nehru: A tryst with destiny'' by Stanley Wolpert (Oxford Univ Press, 1996), in IndiaStar Literary Magazine, 1997.

Book review of ``Empire of the Soul: Some journeys in India'' by Paul William Roberts (Riverhead Books, 1996), in IndiaStar Literary Magazine, 1997.
 

A thousand cows standing one above the other. Article in IndiaStar Literary Magazine, 1997.

The rhythms of consciousness. Quest,  vol. 10, 1997, pp. 52-56.

Three old Indian values of pi. IJHS. vol 32, 1997, 307-314.

Vena, Veda, Venus. Adyar Library Bulletin, vol. 60, 1996, pp. 229-239. Also in IJHS, vol 33, 1998, pp. 25-30.

Book review of ``Classifying the Universe'' by Brian K. Smith, Contributions to Indian Sociology (n.s.), vol. 30, 1996, pp. 333-334.

Knowledge of planets in the third millennium BC. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 37,  1996, pp. 709-715.

An Indus-Sarasvati signboard. Cryptologia, vol. 20, 1996, pp. 275-279.

Mexican dilemmas. World Affairs, vol. 5(1), June 1996, pp. 53-56.

Book review of ``Indian Mathematics and Astronomy: Some Landmarks'' by S. Balachandra Rao, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 1996.
 

A note on caste. Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, vol. 77, 1996, pp. 235-240.
 

The astronomy of the age of geometric altars. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 36,  1995, pp. 385-396.
 

The Vedas and perennial wisdom. Quest, vol. 8(4), 1995, pp. 32-39 and 80-83.

The three languages of the brain: quantum, reorganizational, and associative. Book chapter in Learning as Self-Organization, edited by Karl Pribram and Joseph King, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1996, pp. 185-219.

What would Gandhi do in Kashmir? Koshur Samachar, vol. 39(10), January 1995, pp. 21-22.

Technology, commerce and international relations. World Affairs, vol. 4(1), June 1995, pp. 85-88.

Unrest and calm in Kashmir. Koshur Samachar, vol. 39(6), September 1994, pp. 11-12.
 

From Vedic science to Vedanta. The Adyar Library Bulletin, vol. 59, 1995, pp. 1-36. An abridged version appeared in Srijnanamrtam, A Memorial Volume in Honour of Prof Shri Niwas Shastri, Vijaya Rani (editor), Parimal Publications, Delhi, 1996, pp. 553-568.

On language families and the Indo-Aryan problem. Paper in the theme ``Language, Anthropology and Archaeology'' presented at the World Archaeological Congress -3, New Delhi, December 1994.
 

The evolution of writing in India. Indian Journal of History
of Science, vol. 28, 1994, pp. 375-388.

The Astronomical Code of the Rigveda,  Current Science, vol. 66, 1994, pp. 323-326.
 

The Astronomical Code of the Rigveda, Puratattva: Bulletin of the Indian Archaeological Society, Number 25, 1994/5, 1-20.

On the classification of Indic languages, Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, vol. 75, 1994, pp. 185-195.
 

Astronomy of the Vedic altars,  Vistas in Astronomy, vol. 36, 1993, pp. 117-140.

The structure of the Rgveda, Indian Journal of History of Science, vol. 28, 1993, pp. 71-79.

Planetary periods from the Rigvedic code,  Mankind Quarterly, vol. 33, 1993, pp. 433-442.

Pratikon ke liye sangharsh, Vishva Vivek, vol. 2, 1993.

Of History and Truth, In  Voices on the Threshold of Tomorrow, Edited by Georg Feuerstein and Trisha Lamb Feuerstein, Quest Books, 1993.
 

Book Review:  Indigenous Indians: Agastya to Ambedkar  by K. Elst,  Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, 1993.

Book Review:  ``The Interpretation of Caste''  by Declan Quigley, The Times of India , December 12, 1993.

Understanding caste in India, Mankind Quarterly, vol. 34, 1993, pp. 117-123.

A view of the Kashmir problem from America, Koshur Samachar, vol. 38, December 1993.

Kashmir, Sarasvati, and the floods in Mohenjo-Daro. Journal of the Oriental Institute, vol 43, 1993, pp. 1-5.
 
 

Foreword to the book  Wisdom of the Ancient Seers---Mantras of the Rigveda  by  David Frawley, Passage Press, 1992.

Further observations on the Rigvedic code,  Mankind Quarterly, vol. 33, 1992, pp. 163-170. [with David Frawley]

The etymology of Vahiguru,  Journal of the Oriental Institute, vol. 42, 1992, page 63.

Panini's grammar and computer science,  ABORI, vol. 72, 1993, pp. 79-94. [With Saroja Bhate]

The Poplar and the Chinar: Kashmir in a historical outline,
Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies, vol. 1, No. 1, 1993, pp. 73-91. Also in International Journal of Indian Studies, vol. 3, No. 2, 1993, pp. 33-61.

Reflections in clouded mirrors: selfhood in animals and machines. In Symposium on Aliens, Apes, and Artificial Intelligence, Huntsville, AL, February 1993; published as a chapter in Learning as Self-Organization, edited by Karl H. Pribram and Joseph King, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, 1996, pp. 511-534.

Astronomy in Satapatha Brahmana, Indian Journal of History of Science, vol 28, 1993, pp. 15-34.
 

The Indus tradition and the Indo-Aryans.  Mankind Quarterly, vol. 32, 1992, pp. 195-213.

Kashmira samasya aura isaka vislesana, Vishva Vivek, vol. 1(1), 1992, pp. 36-38.

The Indus Mandala and the Indo-Aryans, In  New Trends in Indian Art and Archaeology ---Dr S.R. Rao's 70th Birthday Felicitation Volume, B.U. Nayak and N.C. Ghosh (Editors), Aditya Prakashan, Delhi, 1992, pp. 141-154.

A new view of ancient India,  Yoga Journal, Number 105, 1992, pp. 64-102. [with Georg Feuerstein and David Frawley]

Astronomy in the Vedic altars and the Rgveda,  Mankind Quarterly, vol. 33, 1992, pp. 43-55.

Bharata ka pracinatama itihasa aura Saptarsi Samvata, Vishva Vivek, vol. 1(2), 1992, pp. 33-35.
 

The politics of quotas in South Asia, Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies,  vol. 16, 1991, pp. 401-421.

The controversy of the honey bee dance language, Mankind Quarterly, vol. 31, 1991, pp. 357-365.

Japan ki haiku kavita, Kadambini,  vol. 30, no. 2, 1990.

The Vararuchi cipher, Cryptologia,  vol. 14, 1990, pp. 79-83.

Book Review of  Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins  by  Colin Renfrew,  Indian Journal of History of Science, vol. 25, 1990,
 pp. 201-202.

Indus and Brahmi: further connections, Cryptologia,  vol. 14, 1990, pp. 169-183.

The sign for zero, Mankind Quarterly,  vol. 30, 1990, pp. 199-204.

Religion and politics in East Punjab, Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, vol. 15, 1990, pp. 435-456.

Hinduism at century's end, Hinduism Today, vol. 12, April 1990.
Indus script and Brahmi, Hinduism Today, vol. 12, November 1990.

Kalidasa and the Agnimitra problem,  Journal of the Oriental Institute, vol. 40, 1990, pp. 51-54.
Guptalekha vidya mein kranti,  Jijnasa, vol. 2, pp. 11-17, 1989.

Some early codes and ciphers, Indian Journal of History of Science,  vol. 24, 1989, pp. 1-7.

The Brahmagupta algorithm for square rooting, Ganita Bharati,  vol. 11, 1989, pp. 27-29.

Bharatiya lekhana ke 5000 varsa, Kadambini,  vol. 29, no. 6, 1989.

Panjab or Panchap, Kadambini,  vol. 29, no. 9, 1989, pp. 137-140.
 

Indus writing,  Mankind Quarterly,  vol. 30, 1989, pp. 113-118.
 
 
The Aryabhata cipher, Cryptologia,  vol. 12, 1988, pp. 113-117.
 
A frequency analysis of the Indus script, Cryptologia,  vol. 12, 1988, 129-143.
 
The lotus and the rainbow, India Intl. Centre Quarterly,  vol. 15, No. 3, 1988, pp. 9-20.
 
The use of determinatives in NLP,  AI Magazine, vol. 9, pp. 10-12,
Summer 1988.
 
 
The Paninian approach to natural language processing, Int. Journal of Approximate Reasoning,  vol. 1, 1987, 117-130.
 
The study of the Indus script, Cryptologia,  vol. 11, 1987, pp. 182-191.
 
On the decipherment of the Indus script, Indian Journal of History of Science,  vol. 22, 1987, pp. 41-62.

On astronomy in ancient India, Indian Journal of History of Science,  vol. 22, 1987, pp. 205-221.

On chronology of ancient India, Indian Journal of History of Science,  vol. 22, 1987, pp. 222-234.
 
The Aryabhata algorithm for polynomials, Electronics Letters,  vol. 23, 1987, pp. 383-385.
 

Computational aspects of the Aryabhata algorithm, Indian Journal of History of Science,  vol. 21, 1986, pp. 62-71.
 
The roots of science in India, India International Centre Quarterly,  vol. 13, 1986, pp. 181-196.
 
 
Articles since the 1980s in Times of India, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, other Indian papers. A recent column in rediff.com