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	'''Prabodh Chandra Sengupta''' (21 June, 1876–1962)<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Joseph Dauben\|author-link1=Joseph Dauben\|author2=Christoph Scriba\|author-link2=Christoph Scriba\|title=Writing the History of Mathematics - Its Historical Development\|publisher=Springer\|page=315}}</ref> was a historian of ancient Indian [[astronomy]]. He was a Professor of Mathematics at [[Bethune College]] in [[Calcutta]] and a lecturer in Indian Astronomy and Mathematics at the [[University of Calcutta]].		'''Prabodh Chandra Sengupta''' (21 June 1876–1962)<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Joseph Dauben\|author-link1=Joseph Dauben\|author2=Christoph Scriba\|author-link2=Christoph Scriba\|title=Writing the History of Mathematics - Its Historical Development\|publisher=Springer\|page=315}}</ref> was a historian of ancient Indian [[astronomy]]. He was a Professor of Mathematics at [[Bethune College]] in [[Calcutta]] and a lecturer in Indian Astronomy and Mathematics at the [[University of Calcutta]].{{Citation needed\|date=July 2021}}

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Prabodh Chandra Sengupta, the younger son of Ram Chandra Sengupta, was born in a village near Tangail in Mymensingh district (now in Bangladesh) on 21 June 1876. He had his early education in the Santosh Jahnavi H. E. School and passed the Entrance (Matric) examination with sufficient merit to obtain a scholarship.<ref>{{~~cite web~~\|title = Prabodh Chandra Sengupta(~~1876-1962~~)\|url= https://~~link~~.~~springer~~.~~com/chapter~~/10.1007/978-981-13-1229-8_42}}</ref>		Prabodh Chandra Sengupta, the younger son of Ram Chandra Sengupta, was born in a village near Tangail in Mymensingh district (now in Bangladesh) on 21 June 1876. He had his early education in the Santosh Jahnavi H. E. School and passed the Entrance (Matric) examination with sufficient merit to obtain a scholarship.<ref>{{Citation\|last=Ramasubramanian\|first=K.\|title=Prabodh Chandra Sengupta (1876–1962): Historian of Indian Astronomy and Mathematics\|date=2019\|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1229-8_42\|work=Gaṇitānanda: Selected Works of Radha Charan Gupta on History of Mathematics\|pages=453–457\|editor-last=Ramasubramanian\|editor-first=K.\|place=Singapore\|publisher=Springer\|language=en\|doi=10.1007/978-981-13-1229-8_42\|isbn=978-981-13-1229-8\|access-date=2021-07-24}}</ref>

	==Major works==		==Major works==
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	* [[Āryabhaṭa I]], the father of Indian epicyclic [[astronomy]]		* [[Āryabhaṭa I]], the father of Indian epicyclic [[astronomy]]
	* [[Surya Siddhanta]]: a textbook of Hindu astronomy (along with Ebenezer Burgess, Phanindralal Gangooly)		* [[Surya Siddhanta]]: a textbook of Hindu astronomy (along with Ebenezer Burgess, Phanindralal Gangooly)
	* Greek and Hindu methods in spherical astronomy (1931)		* Greek and Hindu methods in spherical astronomy (1931){{Citation needed\|date=July 2021}}

	==References==		==References==

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'''Prabodh Chandra Sengupta''' (21 June, 1876–1962)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Joseph Dauben|author-link1=Joseph Dauben|author2=Christoph Scriba|author-link2=Christoph Scriba|title=Writing the History of Mathematics - Its Historical Development|publisher=Springer|page=315}}</ref> was a historian of ancient Indian [[astronomy]]. He was a Professor of Mathematics at [[Bethune College]] in [[Calcutta]] and a lecturer in Indian Astronomy and Mathematics at the [[University of Calcutta]].
==Early life==
Prabodh Chandra Sengupta, the younger son of Ram Chandra Sengupta, was born in a village near Tangail in Mymensingh district (now in Bangladesh) on 21 June 1876. He had his early education in the Santosh Jahnavi H. E. School and passed the Entrance (Matric) examination with sufficient merit to obtain a scholarship.<ref>{{cite web|title = Prabodh Chandra Sengupta(1876-1962)|url= https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-1229-8_42}}</ref>

==Major works==
* Ancient Indian chronology (1947)
* ''[[Khandakhadyaka]]'': an astronomical treatise of [[Brahmagupta]]
* ''[[Āryabhaṭīya]]'' by [[Āryabhaṭa I]]
* [[Āryabhaṭa I]], the father of Indian epicyclic [[astronomy]]
* [[Surya Siddhanta]]: a textbook of Hindu astronomy (along with Ebenezer Burgess, Phanindralal Gangooly)
* Greek and Hindu methods in spherical astronomy (1931)

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://archive.org/stream/ancientindianchr014482mbp/ancientindianchr014482mbp_djvu.txt Full text of "Ancient Indian Chronology" ]

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