• Everybody agrees! (Including original "Vedic math" book.)
• As stated on its opening page and on p. xxxv (emph. added)

"Obviously these formulae are not to be found in present recensions of the Atharvaveda".

• Article in Hindu, and in Jansatta
• Responses to critics on this blog
• esp. admission by Atul Kothari that "Vedic math not found in Veda" is true.

• is described in this book
• and its great importance is explained in my recent book on Aryan Race Conjecture.
• Also अक्ष सूक्त (ऋग्वेद 10.34), my translation
• in my paper on "Probability in ancient India" in Elesevier Handbook of Philosophy of Statistics.

• So, real math in Veda-s is NOT "Vedic math"!
• It is authentic traditional Indian gaṇita
• which "Vedic math" seeks to replace.
• Note. Gaṇita NOT synonym for math: see my Himanjali article "गणित बनाम मैथमेटिक्स".

• that "Vedic math" has some connection with Veda.
• Using name of Veda to cheat and mislead, to sell demeans the Veda.
• A disservice to Hinduism.

• "Vedic in sense that all knowledge is in the Veda"
• All knowledge?⁉
• Manual for car repair?

• (Atul Kothari said that so.)
• WRONG claim. Everything ancient is NOT "Vedic"!
• Lokayata, Buddhists, Jains REJECTED belief in Veda-s or related शब्द प्रमाण.
• Lokayata said that moksha is laughable.

• Lokayat said that authors of the Veda are धूर्त, and that Veda-s are false (अनृत) and contradictory (व्याघात).
• Eng trans. (Cowell) that "three authors of the Veda were buffoons, knaves and demons".
• Calling this "Vedic"!😖
• JUST to justify misguided attempt to sell "Vedic" math is going too far!

• Our source modern: Bharati Krishna Tirtha.
• Could not explain his sources when asked by K. S. Shukla, ca. 1950.
• "Vedic math" NOT found in ANY traditional Indian math/astronomy text
• from Vedanga Jyotiṣa (\(-1500\) CE) to Yuktibhāṣa (+1500 CE) across 3000 years.

• which went from India to Europe,
• and was returned as part of colonial education.
• So "Vedic math" seeks to replaces real Indian gaṇita by using fake label "Vedic".

• At BEST good for mental calculations in elementary arithmetic for primary school.
• Perhaps for some competitive tests where a calculator is disallowed.
• My point: teach mental arithmetic (many systems) if you want, but at least remove the false labeal "Vedic".

• Yes! Damages authentic Indian tradition of gaṇita in various ways
• and its REVOLUTIONARY possibilities for future S&T which even Africans understand
• But most Indians don't.

• Colonialism taught us to ape Whites/West,
• and we are easily fooled by one FALSE label "Vedic",
• and related ELEMENTARY mental arithmetic
• (teaching which does NOT threaten West).

• Indian calculus (without limits)
• and probability and statistics
• very useful for advanced science and 21st c. technology of AI and quantum mechanics
• As also explained in these popular-level articles 1, 2

• Indian origin of calculus and its transmission to Europe (PS. Talk on 25th.)
• Probability in ancient India and transmission to Europe.
• See this list for related teaching courses on calculus, statistics, geometry,
• taught in several countries and universities and schools.

• Be honest to Indian tradition. Drop the false label "Vedic" in Vedic math.
• Teach authentic Indian gaṇita as in my alternative math curriculum (now from primary school on)
• Indian gaṇita, VERY useful for future technology development and related need to create skilled people.
• It makes a strong and valid statement about India's cultural pride and contemporary relevance of Indian tradition.