Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, Alberuni's India (v. 1)

(London :  Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.,  1910.)

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CHAPTER L.

HOW MANY STAR-CYCLES THERE ARE BOTH IN A "KALPA"  AND
IN A  " CATURYUGA."

CHAPTER LI.

AN EXPLANATION OF THE TERMS " ADHIMASA," " UNARATRA,"
AND THE " AHARGANAS," AS REPRESENTING DIFFERENT
SUMS  OF  DAYS.

CHAPTER  LII.

ON THE CALCULATION OP "AHARGANA" IN GENERAL, THAT IS,
THE RESOLUTION OP YEARS AND MONTHS INTO DAYS, AND,
VICE VERSA, THE COMPOSITION OF YEARS AND MONTHS
OUT  OP  DAYS.

CHAPTER  LIIL

ON THE AHARGANA, OR THE RESOLUTION OP YEARS INTO
MONTHS, ACCORDING TO SPECIAL RULES WHICH ARE ADOPTED
IN THE CALENDARS FOR CERTAIN DATES OR MOMENTS OF
TIME.

CHAPTER LIV.

ON  THE COMPUTATION  OP THE  MEAN  PLACES  OP  THE  PLANETS.

CHAPTER  LV.
ON   THE  ORDER OP  THE  PLANETS, THEIR  DISTANCES AND  SIZES.

CHAPTER  LVI.
ON  THE STATIONS  OF  THE MOON.

CHAPTER  LVII.

ON THE HELIACAL RISINGS OP THE STARS, AND ON THE CERE¬
MONIES AND RITES WHICH THE HINDUS PRACTISE AT SUCH
A  MOMENT.

CHAPTER LVIII.
HOW  EBB  AND  FLOW  FOLLOW  EACH  OTHER IN  THE  OCEAN.

CHAPTER  LIX.
ON  THE  SOLAR AND  LUNAR  ECLIPSES.
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