Golagrama

Golagrama is a village or region in India associated with several medieval Indian astronomers, astrologers and mathematicians.[1] Presently there is no place bearing the name Golagrama anywhere in India. It is known that Golagrama was situated in Maharashtra State on the northern banks of river Godavari, was near Partha-puri (Pathari)[2] in Maharashtra and was about 320 km away from Amravati town in Maharashtra. It is sometimes identified as a place named Golgam at latitude 18° N longitude 78° E.[3][4] The name Golagrama considered as a word in Sanskrit could literally be translated as sphere-village.

  1. ^ Bag, A.K. (May 1980). "Indian literature on mathematics during 1400–1800 AD" (PDF). Indian Journal of History of Science. 15 (1): 75–93. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  2. ^ Pingree, David Erwin (1970). Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Volume 1. American Philosophical Society. pp. 21, 386. ISBN 978-0-87169-081-4.
  3. ^ Colebrooke, H.T. (1837). Miscellaneous Essays. Wm. H. Allen & Co., London. p. 453. Golagrama + amravati.
  4. ^ Colebrooke, H.T. (1817). Algebra: with Arithmetic and Mensuration from the Sanskrit. John Murray, London. p. 378. (see p.xxvii)