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Kripa Shankar Shukla was born on June 12, 1918 in Lucknow. He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies in mathematics at Allahabad University. In 1941, he joined the research programme on Indian mathematics at the Department of Mathematics, Lucknow University, to work with Prof. Avadhesh Narayan Singh (1905–1954). Prof. Singh, the renowned collaborator of Bibhutibhusan Datta (1888–1958), had joined Lucknow Universityin 1928. He initiated a research programme on the study of Indian astronomy and mathematics at the University in 1939. He managed to collect a number of manuscripts of important source-works and also attracted many researchers to work with him.
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Kolachana, A., Mahesh, K., Ramasubramanian, K. (2019). The seminal contribution of K. S. Shukla to our understanding of Indian astronomy and mathematics. In: Kolachana, A., Mahesh, K., Ramasubramanian, K. (eds) Studies in Indian Mathematics and Astronomy. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7326-8_5
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