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#1 by lakshman on December 17th, 2010
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There are lots of interesting articles on Indian astronomy too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya_Siddhanta
http://www.scientificexploration.org/journal/jse_11_2_thompson.pdf
(explain how the diameters of planets estimated thousands of years ago without any telescopes closely matches modern findings.)
http://www.hindu-blog.com/2007/04/hindu-concept-of-beginning-and-end-of.html
(by the late famous astronomer Carl Sagan)
http://books.google.com/books?id=9oi64rTVwNMC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=planetary+diameter+surya+siddhanta&source=bl&ots=0mZkyX48eX&sig=0vS6eP-pYVD26aJ1SjYHLrr6M9Q&hl=en&ei=uo0LTdSyBoO0sAOt8YjLCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFsQ6AEwCQ
http://books.google.com/books?id=dYd79GvCfIAC&pg=PA273&lpg=PA273&dq=planetary+diameter+surya+siddhanta&source=bl&ots=rhGX5dHkmB&sig=8o0dJ_5dmL98eJNyWbOJEkU0i78&hl=en&ei=uo0LTdSyBoO0sAOt8YjLCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBQ