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URL:https://chanakyauniversity.edu.in/events/indias-astral-sciences-before
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SUMMARY:India’s Astral Sciences Before Āryabhaṭa: Internal
 Developments and External Echoes
DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems\, Chanakya University\,
 in collaboration with Poorna Prajna Samshodhana Mandiram\, and ICPR is
 organising featuring a lecture followed by a focused panel discussion on
 early Indian astral sciences. The programme begins with a scholarly lecture
 that introduces key historiographical and textual questions concerning
 India’s astral traditions. It sets the intellectual framework for a
 deeper and more critical engagement with early sources and their contexts.
 The central highlight of the event is the panel discussion on “India’s
 Astral Sciences Before Āryabhaṭa: Internal Developments and External
 Echoes.” Distinguished scholars will examine the indigenous growth of
 astronomical knowledge\, its conceptual foundations\, and its wider
 intellectual interactions. The discussion seeks to reassess prevailing
 narratives and situate early Indian scientific thought within broader
 global and philosophical perspectives. Through rigorous dialogue and
 interdisciplinary reflection\, the programme aims to strengthen scholarship
 and inspire renewed inquiry into India’s scientific heritage.\n\nEvent
 details \n\nDate: Thursday\, 26 February 2026\n\nTime: 3:30 – 6:30
 PM\n\nVenue: Poorna Prajna Samshodhana Mandiram\, Bengaluru.\n\nTalk: 3.30
 to 4.30 PM\n\nTopic: Reassessing the Date and Character of Sphujidhvaja’s
 Yavanajātaka\n\nTopic: Reassessing the Date and Character of
 Sphujidhvaja’s Yavanajātaka\n\nSpeaker: Bill M. Mak\, University of
 Science and Technology of China\, Needham Research Institute\,
 Cambridge\n\nChair: Acharya Veeranarayana Pandurangi\n\nIndia’s Astral
 Sciences Before Āryabhaṭa: Internal Developments and External
 Echoes\n\nTea-break\n\nPanel Discussion: 4.45 to 6.15 PM\n\nTopic:
 India’s Astral Sciences Before Āryabhaṭa: Internal Developments and
 External Echoes\n\nPanellists\n\nProf. M. D. Srinivas\, Padma Shri
 awardee\, Chairman\, Centre for Policy Studies\, Chennai\nProf. R. N.
 Iyengar\, Distinguished Professor and Mentor of Centre for Ancient History
 and Culture\, Jain University\, Bengaluru\nProf. Bill M. Mak\, University
 of Science and Technology of China\, Needham Research Institute\,
 Cambridge\n\nModerator\n\nProf. Ramakrishna Pejathaya\, Director\, Centre
 for Indian Knowledge Systems\, Chanakya University\,
 Bengaluru\n\nOrganizers\n\n[gallery link="file"
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CATEGORIES:Indian Knowledge Systems
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