Ortaçağ Dönemi’nde Hint’te Astronomi Çalışmaları

16. ve 17. yüzyıllar Hint tarihinde, Saltanat ve Babür (15261857) saltanatlarının dönemleridir. Bu dönemde özellikle Orta Asya’dan getirilen el sanatları ve erkek sanatçıların ve bilginlerin sabit bir akışı olmuştu bilinmektedir. Bu çalışmada, bu dönemdeki Hint astronomi çalışmaları ve Osmanlı Türklerinin astronomi çalışmaları karşılaştırılmalı olarak ele alınacaktır

Astronomical Activity in Medieval India in Sixteenth-Seventeenth Centuries

It is well known that during the medieval period of Indian history, the Sultanate (1191–1526) and Mughal (1526–1857) periods, there had been a constant stream of scholars, crafts men and artists particularly from Central Asia, who brought with them knowledge of all sciences into India. In this study, astronomical studies in the Indian astronomical studies and in the Ottoman Turks comparative studies will be discussed in astronomy

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