• Everybody agrees! (Including "Vedic math" book.)
• See this article in Hindu,
• and this one in Jansatta
• Also see this blog esp. admission by Atul Kothari that this is true.

• is described in this book
• and its great importance is explained in my recent book on Aryan Race Conjecture.
• But real math in Veda-s is NOT "Vedic math"!
• It is authentic traditional Indian math.

• that "Vedic math" has some connection with Veda.
• Using name of Veda to cheat and mislead demeans the Veda.
• It is gross disservice to Hinduism.

• (Atul Kothari said that it is.)
• 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,

that "three authors of the Veda were buffoons, knaves and demons".

• Can't say this is "Vedic"!😖

• 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.

• Arithmetic as currently taught of Indian origin.
• which went from India to Europe,
• and was returned as part of colonial education.

• At BEST good for mental calculations in arithmetic
• for competitive tests where a calculator cannot be used.
• There are many such systems of mental arithmetic.
• No proper comparison done: cultural loyalty solely due to misleading term "Vedic".
• Teach mental arithmetic if you want, but remove the false term "Vedic".

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

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

• Drop the false term "Vedic" in Vedic math.
• Teach authentic Indian gaṇita as in myb alternative math curriculum (from primary schol on)
• Useful for future technology development and the need to create skilled people (technology about people)
• and makes a strong and valid statement about India's cultural pride and its contemporary relevance.