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Mainland Southeast Asia as a Crossroads of Chinese Astronomy and Indian Astronomy

In: Ancient Indian Leaps into Mathematics

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  • Yukio Ôhashi

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Summary In the traditional calendars of Mainland Southeast Asia (except for Vietnam), the sidereal year is usually used instead of the tropical year. Since these calendars are lunisolar calendars, a certain cycle of intercalation is needed, and the 19-year cycle is usually used. This cycle is harmonious with a tropical year, but is not with a sidereal year. This fact obliges us to suspect that the origins of the sidereal year and that of the 19-year cycle are different. There is almost no room to doubt the Indian origin of the sidereal year. However, the origin of the 19-year cycle is controversial. It is supposed that the Tai people in South China received the influence of the Chinese calendar. I suspect that the “modified Taichu calendar” (Eastern Han Dynasty) might have been the origin of the 19-year and 57-year cycles used in the Tai calendar and other Mainland Southeast Asian calendars.

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  • Yukio Ôhashi, 2009. "Mainland Southeast Asia as a Crossroads of Chinese Astronomy and Indian Astronomy," Springer Books, in: B.S. Yadav & Man Mohan (ed.), Ancient Indian Leaps into Mathematics, pages 193-200, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-0-8176-4695-0_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-8176-4695-0_13
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