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Such math history books are erroneously named, as it pretty much ignores the contribution of India, except for a passing mention of a few personas. The truth is they don't represent comprehensive history, but the limited view of author's knowledge, not their fault, they just dont know. While this book is a good description of history of mathematics of how the West/Europe sees it, it is not the "true" history. I have seen some books where authors say that Greeks invented zero and explicitly severely limit India's contribution.

Vasudevan : The wonderful thing about these Posts and the accompanying comments such as yours...is that every reader would get a holistic idea about the subject....regardless of them reading the rare book or not. That by itself...is great education and the purpose of RBSI. Thanks and keep those erudite comments coming...no better way of teaching history to those interested to learn.