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Indian Astronomy in Ancient China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Jiang Xiao-Yuan
Jiang Xiao-Yuan*
Affiliation:
Shanghai Observatory, Academia Sinica, 80 Nandan Rd, Shanghai 200030, China

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Indian astronomy was introduced into China along with the intrusion of Buddhism. This process lasted about one thousand years in the Mediaeval age. For the study of this process, there are a lot of materials in ancient Chinese historic texts, while the Buddhist scriptures in Chinese translation are very important first-hand materials.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 11 , Issue 2: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU (Part B), 1997 , 1998 , pp. 703 - 704
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998