TY - BOOK AU - Senthil D. Babu AU - Senthil D. Babu TI - Mathematics and society : : numbers and measures in early modern South India SN - 9788194831600 U1 - 510.9548 BAB PY - 2022/// CY - New Delhi PB - :Oxford University Press KW - Mathematics KW - ; History KW - ;Mathematics India, South History N1 - Introduction : "Fifteen Brahmins and Fifteen Thieves" Towards practice : mathematics beyond the canon Mathematics of the practitioner Memory and mathematics in Tiṇṇai schools Mathematics pedagogy for a public : the colonial transition Conclusion : mathematics and its images of the public Appendix-I : numbers, weights, and measures in the Tamil system Appendix-II : a brief note on Tamil numerical notation Appendix-III : Ponnilakkam, Nellilkkam, Eṇcuvaṭi Appendix-IV : list of text books used for the study ER -